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. 2020 Oct 29;20:174. doi: 10.1186/s12894-020-00749-5

Table 3.

Association between bone mineral density, disease severity, and osteogenesis parameters in patients with urolithiasis

T-score p value
> − 1.0 (n = 186) − 1 to − 2.5 (n = 135) < − 2.5 (n = 49)
Age (years) 55.3 ± 14.6 57.8 ± 14.6 64.9 ± 12.4 < 0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 25.8 ± 5.1 23.5 ± 4.5 21.6 ± 2.5 < 0.001
Age of onset (years) 44.9 ± 16.0 46.1 ± 17.1 54.3 ± 17.3 0.01
Recurrence 89 (54.3) 65 (56.0) 20 (45.5) 0.48
Previous history of urolithiasis 113 (63.8) 69 (56.1) 34 (70.8) 0.16
Presence of symptoms during clinic visits 9.3 ± 0.4 9.3 ± 0.4 9.3 ± 0.5 0.39
Family history of stones 13 (19.4) 12 (32.4) 1 (7.7) 0.13
DM 24 (13.3) 19 (15.0) 7 (14.9) 0.91
HLP 51 (28.5) 32 (25.2) 11 (23.4) 0.70
HTN 56 (31.1) 36 (28.3) 17 (35.4) 0.66
PHP 2 (1.2) 4 (3.2) 5 (11.1) 0.004
RTA 1 (0.6) 0 (0.0) 2 (4.4) 0.02
Fluid recommendation 149 (82.3) 105 (82.7) 41 (85.4) 0.54
Nutrition recommendation 169 (93.4) 119 (93.7) 44 (91.7) 0.66
Bisphosphonate use 1 (0.5) 6 (4.4) 15 (30.6) < 0.001
NaKCit use 37 (20.7) 31 (24.4) 12 (26.1) 0.63
Thiazide use 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.2) 0.04
VitD supplementation 2 (1.2) 0 (0.0) 2 (4.3) 0.07
Serum Ca (mg/dL) 9.3 ± 0.4 9.3 ± 0.4 9.3 ± 0.5 0.39
Serum P (mg/dL) 3.2 ± 0.5 3.2 ± 0.6 3.4 ± 0.4 0.33
Serum PTH (mg/dL) 44.5 ± 21.4 47.2 ± 23.8 56.4 ± 26.3 0.21
Urinary pH 6.50 [6.00, 7.00] 6.58 [6.00, 7.00] 6.75 [6.12, 7.00] 0.47
Urinary volume (L/day) 1.50 [1.03, 2.15] 1.40 [1.10, 1.95] 1.40 [1.13, 1.88] 0.72
Hypercalciuria 13 (7.0) 17 (12.6) 2 (4.1) 0.10
Hyperphosphaturia 23 (12.4) 12 (8.9) 0 (0.0) 0.03
Hyperoxaluria 56 (30.1) 32 (23.7) 10 (20.4) 0.26
Hypocitraturia 92 (49.5) 76 (56.3) 35 (71.4) 0.02

Values are presented as means ± SD, n (%), or medians [interquartile range]

Definitions of urine abnormalities: hypercalciuria ≥ 300 mg/day; hyperphosphaturia ≥ 3 g/day; hypernatriuria ≥ 5.8 g/day; hyperoxaluria ≥ 40 mg/day; hypocitraturia ≤ 320 mg/day

BMI, body mass index; DM, diabetes mellitus, HLP, hyperlipidemia; HTN, hypertension, PHP, pseudohypoparathyroidism; RTA, renal tubular acidosis; VitD, vitamin D; SD, standard deviation, Ca, calcium, P, phosphorus, PTH, parathyroid hormone