Metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for gallstone disease.

Aim: To establish an association between the presence of metabolic syndrome and the development of gallstone disease.

Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional study in a check-up unit in a university hospital in Mexico City. We enrolled 245 subjects, comprising 65 subjects with gallstones (36 women, 29 men) and 180 controls (79 women and 101 men without gallstones).