WEIGHT GAIN AS A POTENTIAL RISK FACTOR IN KIDNEY STONES FORMERS

MARIO FRANCO MOYANO; GRACIELA HAYDÉE WENDEL; LILIANA DEL CARMEN TRUJILLO; GUILLERMO OSVALDO ORELLANO ; LUCIA BEATRIZ FUENTES

International Research Journal of Natural Sciences

European American Journals

Lugar: 13 Duncan Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 4LA; Año: 2015 vol. 3 p. 54 - 65

The prevalence of kidney stones is increasing and obesity has reachingepidemic proportions. The aim was to investigate whether obesity influences the kidney stoneforming. 421 patients, 31.6% women and 41.6% men were overweight (OV), and 25% and9.6% were obese (OB), respectively. Serum uric acid increased significantly OBwomen(p