| Yazarlar |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mehmet EZER
Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| Objective: To evaluate the metabolic and clinical characteristics of adult cases with stone disease from a regional part of Turkey. Methods: The study included 2348 adult patients with sonography and/or computed tomography-proven urinary stones. All cases were given a questionnaire about the epidemiological features of urolithiasis. Aside from the type and severity of stone-forming risk factors, both patient (age, gender, BMI, associated comorbidities, first onset of stone disease, positive family history, educational level) and stone-related (size, number, location, chemical composition, previous stone attacks) factors have been thoroughly assessed. The data were evaluated in multiple aspects to outline the epidemiological features. Results: The overall mean age value of the cases was 43.3 years, and the M/F ratio was 1.34. The first onset of the disease was found to vary between 15-57 years, with a mean value of 32.4 years. While most of the stones were located in kidney and ureter, calcium-containing stones constituted the most common type (CaOx 69%, CaOxPO4 7%). More than 42% of the cases suffered from multiple stone attacks; positive family history waspresent in 31.6%. Among the associated comorbidities, hypertension was the most common pathology (45.8%), and the BMI index value was > 30 in 31.3% of the cases. 57.7% of the patients had just one stone attack, and 42.2% had recurrent stone formation. Conclusions: Our findings clearly show that important implications may be extracted from epidemiologic data acquired from local scale research to implement an effective preventative program and closely monitor the patients. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Urinary stones | Epidemiology | Kidney stones |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | Uluslararası alan indekslerindeki dergilerde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | ARCHIVIO ITALIANO DI UROLOGIA E ANDROLOGIA |
| Dergi ISSN | 1124-3562 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 01-2024 |
| Cilt No | 96 |
| Sayı | 1 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.4081/aiua.2024.12181 |
| Makale Linki | https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2024.12181 |
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