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I'm 20 year old male, my grandfather had appendecitis in his 30s. what would my lifetime risk be of getting appendecitis ?

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Same as everyone: A life table model suggests that the lifetime risk of appendicitis is 8.6% for males and 6.7% for females; the lifetime risk of appendectomy is 12.0% for males and 23.1% for females. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2239906

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Answered 6/11/2017

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