Researchers assessed 14,228 patients who underwent gallbladder ultrasonography, and the cause of death was identified from death certificates. Results from the data analysis showed cumulative mortality from all causes was 16.5 percent at the 18-year follow-up. Of those deaths, 6.7 percent were due to cardiovascular disease and 4.9 percent were from cancer, according to the study.
Read the abstract on gallstone patients and mortality rates.
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