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Fair, Female, Fat, Fertile, Forty, and Family History
** Include Family History to make it 6 or replace Forty with Family History. That makes it more accurate.
This mnemonic summarizes the major risk factors for developing gall stones (cholelithiasis).
fair: more prevalent in the Caucasian and Hispanic population
female gender
fat: Obesity (BMI >30)
fertile: one or more children. Pregnancy is a risk factor for biliary colic and cholecystitis.
forty: age ≥40cholelithiasis can occur in young patients with a positive family history; in such cases, the ‘familial’ factor can substitute the ‘forty’ factor
Other risk factors for gall stones include weight loss and liver transplant patients.
References
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23934104