Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 5 , Pages 1593-1600, May 2009

Statin Use and the Risk of Cholecystectomy in Women

  • Chung–Jyi Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky
    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence Address correspondence to: Chung–Jyi Tsai, MD, ScD, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298. fax: (859) 257-8860
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  • Michael F. Leitzmann

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Walter C. Willett

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Edward L. Giovannucci

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 10 November 2008; accepted 22 January 2009. published online 27 January 2009.

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 Conflict of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Grant support for the study was provided by research grants (CA55075 and DK46200) from the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0016-5085(09)00143-7

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2009.01.042

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 5 , Pages 1593-1600, May 2009

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