The role of dietary habits in urinary stone disease

Abstract

Urolithiasis is the third most common urinary disease and evidence shows that the incidence of urolithiasis has increased continually during the past decades. The relationship between urinary stones and diet has been known to some extent but there are different opinions about it. This research was done to determine the relationship between dietary habit, food resources intake and urinary stone disease. This is a case-control study on 161 adult patients with urinary stone disease who referred to Hasheminejad Urology Center and 254 healthy subjects who were matched with the cases for age and gender. All the subjects were interviewed through a questionnaire. Data were analysed using SPSS, version 14. An independent t-test, 2 -test and regression analysis were used to examine the differences. The findings showed that the intake of resources of calcium (p = 0⋅048), phosphorus (p = 0⋅001), potassium (p < 0⋅0001), vitamin A (p < 0⋅0001), vitamin D (p < 0⋅0001) and vitamin C (p = 0⋅004) was significantly lower in patients in comparison with the healthy subjects, but the intake of resources of oxalate, magnesium and vitamin B6 was not significantly different. Results showed that among food resources that were significantly different in the two groups, the resources of vitamins A, C, D, resources of calcium and potassium and liquid were significantly different, as shown by the results of the regression test. Thus findings suggest that urinary stone formation has a relationship with dietary habit. Considering the challenges of treatment and the costs of this disease, dietary recommendations may be an easy and cost-effective way to reduce the health care burden of renal stone.

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