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We aim to assess the characteristics among cholelithiasis patients from rural Karachi so that a prevention campaign can be launched in rural underprivileged settings to reduce the economic burden of this preventable disease.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>A total of 410 patients were included in the study after giving verbal consent as well as written consent. Variables such as age, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, waist circumference<jats:bold>,<\/jats:bold> number of children, monthly family income, number of siblings, and number of family members, were considered in this questionnaire. All data was analysed by SPSS ver. 16.0. Mean and standard deviation (SD) were calculated for continuous variables. Frequency and percentages were calculated for categorical variables.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Nearly 85.4% of the participants were female. The mean\u2009\u00b1\u2009S.D. for age was 43.8\u2009\u00b1\u20099.59. Nearly 61% of the patients were illiterate. All of our patients were from low socioeconomic status and their mean salary\u2009\u00b1\u2009S.D. was 6915\u2009\u00b1\u20091992 PKR (1 US $\u2009=\u200990.37PKR). 75% of them were smokers with mean consumption\u2009\u00b1\u2009S.D. of 7.5\u2009\u00b1\u200910 cigarettes per day. Fibre in diet was not used by 83.65% of patients. 40.2% were living in combined families. 61% were living in purchased homes. A positive history of diabetes mellitus was given by 45.1%, family history of cholelithiasis by 61% and history of hypertension by 31.7% of subjects. Soft drink consumption was given by 45.1% of patients; while only 8.5% used snacked daily. Tea was consumed by 95.1% of the subjects. Daily physical activity for 30 minutes was reported by only 13.4% of participants.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>In conclusion, rural dwellers from low socioeconomic strata are neglected patients and illiteracy further adds fuel to the fire by decreasing the contact with the health professionals. Assessment of the characteristics are very important because considering the great socio-economic burden, an intervention strategy in the form of mass media campaign as well as small group discussions in such rural areas can be formulated and applied to high risk populations to reduce the burden and complications of gallstone disease.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1756-0500-5-334","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,6,28]],"date-time":"2012-06-28T14:14:33Z","timestamp":1340892873000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Assessment of characteristics of patients with cholelithiasis from economically deprived rural Karachi, Pakistan"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Muhammad","family":"Naeem","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nasir Ali","family":"Rahimnajjad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Muhammad Kazim","family":"Rahimnajjad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Madiha","family":"Khurshid","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qazi Jalaluddin","family":"Ahmed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Syed Mariam","family":"Shahid","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Faiza","family":"Khawar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Molham Mustafa","family":"Najjar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,6,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"1616_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1016\/S0889-8553(21)00531-8","volume":"20","author":"AK Diehl","year":"1991","unstructured":"Diehl AK: Epidemiology and natural history of gallstone disease. 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