Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 Background and objectiveThe early identification of modifiable risk factors is important for preventing kidney stones but determining causal associations can be difficult with epidemiological data.
Minghui Liu +20 more
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Diseases, 2021 Very-low-carbohydrate diets or ketogenic diets are frequently used for weight loss in adults and as a therapy for epilepsy in children. The incidence and characteristics of kidney stones in patients on ketogenic diets are not well studied.
Prakrati Acharya +12 more
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Association between dietary niacin intake and kidney stones in American adults [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe evidence regarding the relationship between dietary niacin intake and kidney stones is limited. This study aims to investigate the association of dietary niacin intake with the prevalence of kidney stones among adults in the United States.
Jian Wu
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National analysis of the dietary index for gut microbiota and kidney stones: evidence from NHANES (2007–2018) [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionBackgroundPrevious studies have highlighted the effects of diet and gut microbiota on the incidence of kidney stones, and the dietary index for gut microbiota (DI-GM) is a new dietary index that accurately represents the variety of gut microbiota.
Xinzhou Yan +11 more
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Risk of chronic kidney disease in patients with kidney stones—a nationwide cohort study
BMC Nephrology, 2020 Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney stones are common in Taiwan; in particular, CKD has a high prevalence but low self-awareness rate.
Tzung-Fang Chuang +5 more
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Association between kidney stones and urological cancers: results from the NHANES 2007–2020 and Mendelian randomization study [PDF]
Discover OncologyBackground Kidney stones is a common urological disease with a rising incidence in global. The association between kidney stones and urological cancers remains controversial.
Jinghua Zhong +6 more
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Elevated albumin-bilirubin score as a predictor of kidney stones in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: evidence from a cross-sectional study [PDF]
PeerJThe presence of kidney stones in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) poses a significant challenge and burden, yet the underlying pathogenesis remains elusive.
Wenya Mo +7 more
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The atherogenic index of plasma increases the risk of incident kidney stones: a nested case–control study in Chinese adults [PDF]
Renal FailureObjective To investigate the association between atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) and risk of incident kidney stones.Methods A nested case-control study was conducted using data from the Shanghai Kidney Stone Cohort from December 2018 to February 2023 ...
Dawei Wang +5 more
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On the In Vivo Recognition of Kidney Stones Using Machine Learning [PDF]
IEEE Access, 2022 Determining the type of kidney stones allows urologists to prescribe a treatment to avoid the recurrence of renal lithiasis. An automated in-vivo image-based classification method would be an important step towards an immediate identification of the ...
F. López-Tiro +6 more
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Healthcare, 2023 In the past two decades, major breakthroughs that improve our understanding of the pathophysiology and therapy of kidney stones (KS) have been lacking. The disease continues to be challenging for patients, physicians, and healthcare systems alike.
Kyriaki Stamatelou, D. Goldfarb
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