[Effects of unbalanced diet on the etiology and course of cholecystitis]

Two groups were followed up. The main group consisted of 200 females and 100 males with cholecystitis. The control group included 100 normal males and 100 females. The effects of 31 factors of irrational nutrition on the development and progress of cholecystitis were studied. Twenty-three factors were found to play a substantial role in males (t greater than 2, P less than 0.05), and 16 in females, which depending on the degree of the effect (according to the Kramer correlation coefficient) are arranged by the order of importance. Of the greatest importance are factors as frequent consumption of fatty and fried food, increased consumption of smoked foods, abundant meals, decreased consumption of vegetables. The knowledge of these unfavourable factors enables the design of specific prophylactic recommendations aimed at making the population nutrition regimen and rhythms more rational.