Table 5. The relationship between food groups and stone expulsion .
Type of food | Spontaneous stone expulsion duration 1 year | |
Correlation coefficient | p | |
High- potassium fruits | 0.03 | 0.73 |
High-oxalate foods | -0.1 | 0.26 |
High-oxalate drinks | 0.26 | 0.005* |
High-calcium foods | -0.13 | 0.15 |
High- sodium foods | 0.15 | 0.10 |
High- purine foods | 0.063 | 0.51 |
High- fructose drinks | 0.18 | 0.048* |
High-magnesium foods | 0.03 | 0.7 |
Caffeine | -0.033 | 0.73 |
*Significant with p<0.05 based on Pearson-coefficient (p < 0.05).