Risk Factors of Cholelithiasis: A Literature Review

Cholelithiasis is one of the major health problems around world. The prevalence cholelithiasis varies by country. ethnicity people and geographical location a country has huge role in gallstone disease. etiology gallstones not well understood. most important predisposition factor formation supersaturation cholesterol, hypomotility gallbladder, excess bilirubin. Gallstones risk factors are multifactorial. Age, ethnicity, female gender, disease history, family history all known to play development gallstones. have also been linked smoking, alcohol consumption, body mass index, cholesterol levels. Sudden weight loss, contraception, pregnancy woman shown associate with cholelithiasis.