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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2014 May 22;192(6):1694–1699. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.05.086

Table 3.

Association between fiber, fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of kidney stone formation during participation in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study, in separate adjusted regression models stratified by history of nephrolithiasis.

No History of Nephrolithiasis n=80,451 History of Nephrolithiasis n=3,471

Intake (quintile) Intake Range aHR** (95% CI) p value aHR** (95% CI) p value
Fiber (g/day)* <0.001 0.93
    Lowest 0-10.6 Ref Ref
    Second 10.6-14.0 0.94 (0.83-1.08) 0.92 (0.76-1.12)
    Third 14.0-17.5 0.92 (0.81-1.05) 0.94 (0.77-1.14)
    Fourth 17.5-21.9 0.74 (0.63-0.86) 0.94 (0.75-1.18)
    Highest 21.9-99.4 0.78 (0.67-0.92) 0.98 (0.77-1.26)

Fruit (portions/day)* <0.001 0.73
    Lowest 0-1.0 Ref Ref
    Second 1.0-1.5 0.88 (0.77-0.99) 0.87 (0.72-1.05)
    Third 1.5-2.1 0.82 (0.72-0.93) 0.97 (0.79-1.18)
    Fourth 2.1-3.0 0.75 (0.66-0.86) 0.92 (0.74-1.15)
    Highest 3.0-11 0.85 (0.74-0.98) 0.93 (0.76-1.14)

Vegetable (portions/day)* 0.002 0.50
    Lowest 0-1.2 Ref Ref
    Second 1.2-1.7 0.91 (0.80-1.03) 0.90 (0.75-1.07)
    Third 1.7-2.4 0.85 (0.74-0.96) 0.98 (0.81-1.18)
    Fourth 2.4-3.3 0.78 (0.69-0.90) 0.86 (0.71-1.05)
    Highest 3.3-13.3 0.78 (0.68-0.91) 0.85 (0.69-1.05)
*

The ranges of intake for the quintile categories of fiber, fruit and vegetable intake are non-overlapping ranges.

**

Adjusted for age, race, region, diabetes mellitus, calcium supplementation, hormone therapy use categories, BMI categories, calibrated calorie intake, and quintiles of dietary water, sodium, animal protein, and calcium intake.