The American Academy of Family Physicians offers this list of common risk factors for gallstones:
- Being female.
- Being of Mexican or American Indian heritage.
- Being diabetic.
- Being older than age 60.
- Being pregnant.
- Taking birth control pills.
- Being overweight.
- Eating a high-cholesterol diet.
- Having recently lost a lot of weight.
- Having a personal or family history of gallstones.
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