Prevalence and Associated Metabolic Factors of Gallstone Disease in the Elderly Agricultural and Fishing Population of Taiwan

Table 2

Univariate analysis of associated clinical factors for gallstone disease among elderly agricultural and fishing screened subjects (n = 6,511).

	Gallstone disease		Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR* (95% CI)
	Yes (N = 860)	No (N = 5651)
Sex
Male	484	3487	1.00	—
Female	376	2164	1.25 (1.08–1.45)
Age (years)
60–64	225	1915	1.00	—
65–74	313	2127	1.25 (1.04–1.50)	—
75–84	240	1368	1.49 (1.23–1.81)	—
≥85	82	241	2.90 (2.18–3.86)	—
Obesity
No	335	2856	1.00	1.00
Yes	525	2795	1.60 (1.38–1.85)	1.21 (1.02–1.45)
Elevated blood pressure
No	531	3953	1.00	1.00
Yes	329	1698	2.90 (2.18–3.86)	1.42 (0.95–1.88)
Central obesity
No	512	4377	1.00	1.00
Yes	348	1274	2.34 (2.01–2.71)	1.93 (1.64–2.20)
Hyperglycemia
No	656	4684	1.00	1.00
Yes	204	967	1.51 (1.27–1.79)	1.37 (1.09–1.66)
Hypercholesterolemia
No	505	3649	1.00	1.00
Yes	355	2002	1.33 (1.15–1.54)	1.09 (0.81–1.38)
Hypertriglyceridemia
No	542	3694	1.00	1.00
Yes	318	1957	1.61 (1.03–2.52)	1.54 (0.97–2.46)
Low HDL-C
No	609	3474	1.00	1.00
Yes	251	2177	0.66 (0.56–0.77)	0.78 (0.55–1.03)
High BUN
No	704	4809	1.00	1.00
Yes	156	842	1.27 (1.05–1.53)	1.11 (0.94–1.29)
High creatinine
No	779	5205	1.00	1.00
Yes	81	446	1.21 (0.95–1.56)	1.04 (0.83–1.27)
Hyperuricemia
No	501	3677	1.00	1.00
Yes	359	1974	1.34 (1.15–1.55)	1.18 (0.82–1.66)
Higher AST
No	734	5663	1.00	1.00
Yes	127	848	1.16 (0.94–1.41)	1.03 (0.87–1.21)
Higher ALT
No	716	4785	1.00	1.00
Yes	144	866	1.11 (0.92–1.35)	1.01 (0.90–1.13)
Metabolic syndrome
None	103	1121	1.00	1.00
One or two	385	2532	1.66 (1.32–2.08)	1.47 (1.20–1.75)
Three or more	372	1998	2.03 (1.61–2.55)	1.82 (1.57–2.10)

*Adjustment for gender and age.