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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mayo Clin Proc. 2015 Sep 6;90(10):1356–1365. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.07.016

Table 1.

Second stone composition stratified by first stone composition among 343 first-time stone formers with two stone compositions a median of 3.2 years apart.

First stone Second stone

Majority
calcium
oxalate
n=240
Majority
hydroxyapatite
n=65
Any
brushite
n=5
Any
struvite
n=4
Any uric
acid
n=29
Majority calcium oxalate n=240 208(87%) a 19 2 1 10
Majority hydroxyapatite n=68 25 41 (60%) a 1 1 0
Any brushite n=6 2 2 2(33%) a 0 0
Any struvite n=4 0 1 0 2(50%) a 1
Any uric acid n=25 5 2 0 0 18(72%) a
a

The proportion with no change in stone composition between first and second available compositions. Overall, 79% had no change in stone composition.