Differences in diet and food habits between patients with gallstones and controls.

Objective: To compare the food, energy, macronutrient and micronutrient intake of patients with gallstones to those of a control group of similar demographic characteristics.

Design: Patient-control study.

Subjects: 54 gallstone patients and 46 control subjects.

[Obesity and autonomic neuropathy in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus].

It has been said that the presence of autonomic neuropathy is related to the onset of obesity. Given the high prevalence of association between autonomic neuropathy and Diabetes Mellitus and the association between metabolic disease and obesity, we considered it important to evaluate the possible relationship in order to ascertain the pathogenic connection and its impact on therapy. We evaluated 2 groups of diabetic patients: one group was composed of obese patients and the other of non-obese.