Effect of the type of dietary fat on biliary lipid composition and bile lithogenicity in humans with cholesterol gallstone disease.

Objective: The effect of the type of dietary fat on bile lipids and lithogenicity is unclear. This study compared the effects of two dietary oils that differed in fatty acid profile on biliary lipid composition in humans.

Methods: Female patients who had cholesterol gallstones and were scheduled for elective cholecystectomy were studied.

Medical assessment in drug addicts: reliability and validity of the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (Substance Abuse version).

Objective: To adapt the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale for its use in substance abuse patients (CIRS-SA) and to assess the reliability, internal consistency, and validity of the instrument.

Method: One-hundred outpatients of both sexes, 62 men and 38 women, with a mean (SD) age of 32.4 (7.