Abstract
Objective: Identify the epidemiological profile of patients with calculous gallbladder diseases attended at an outpatient academic center. Methodology: A retrospective, quantitative and transversal study, with analysis of electronic records of all patients with gallstones in the period from August 2017 to August 2018 (number CAAE: 80563417.3.0000.5495). Results: Data from 235 patients were analyzed. 71, 4% women and 28, 6% were men. 31% were 60 years or older, 22% were between 50-59 years old, 21% were between 40-49 years old, 18% were between 30-39 years old, 7% were between 18-29 years old and 1% were under 18 years old. In relation to race, 76% were white, 7% were black and 17% were brown. Regarding BMI, 14% were in ideal weight range, 28% were overweight, 23% had grade I obesity, 20% grade II, 9% grade III and 6% were below the ideal weight range. In the analysis of the diabetes mellitus, 27% had both pathologies. In relation to pregnancy, 18% of women had only one, 26% two, 22% thres, 9% four and 25% more than five. Conclusion: the epidemiological data of cholelithiasis in this study was comparable with literature. In addition, most of risk factors pointed are modifiable, in other words, preventable.