A client is female with gallbladder disease symptoms. The nurse knows this client is at higher risk for the disease because:
1. The female hormones increase the secretion of cholesterol and biliary stasis.
2. The male hormones interfere with the production of bile.
3. The female hormones increase the client's body weight, which decreases the production of bile.
4. Females tend to take more medications than males, and medications increase cholesterol production that causes biliary stasis.
The female hormones increase the secretion of cholesterol and biliary stasis.
Rationale: The current belief is that estrogen increases the secretion of cholesterol and progesterone causes an increase in biliary stasis.
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