Diet and nephrolithiasis: study in an obese population

• Published in: Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 13; no. 5; pp. 535 - 540
• Main Authors: Gambaro, Giovanni, Bertaglia, Giselda, Inelmen, Eminé Meral, Marchini, Francesco, Vincenti, Massimo, Stud, Maria Angela Nassuato Med, Enzi, Giuliano, Baggio, Bruno
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.05.1993; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Diet; DIETA; ENFERMEDADES DEL TRACTO URINARIO; ENFERMEDADES RENALES; FEMME; HOMBRES; HOMME; ITALIA; ITALIE; MALADIE DE L'APPAREIL URINAIRE; Medical sciences; MUJERES; Nephrolithiasis; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; NEPHROPATHIE; Obesity; REGIME ALIMENTAIRE; SOBREPESO; SURPOIDS; Urinary lithiasis; Diet; Obesity; Nephrolithiasis; Human; Urinary system disease; Food habit; Urinary tract disease; Urinary tract; Urinary stone; Feeding; Etiology; Calcium calculus; Risk factor; Lithiasis; Life habit
• ISSN: 0271-5317; 1879-0739
• DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(05)80680-3

To obtain new insights into the relationship between diet and idiopathic calcium nephrolithiasis, 920 obese subjects were studied. The prevalence of nephrolithiasis in this group was similar to that observed in the general population in Italy. No relation between particular life style and eating habits was found in nephrolithiasic obese subjects, but compared to non-obese idiopathic stone formers, they had a distinct risk profile for calcium stone formation. Our study suggests that diet alone is not sufficient to promote renal stone formation.