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. 2020 Apr 9;111(5):1100–1106. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa066

TABLE 3.

Pooled adjusted mean (SE) of 24-h urine components, by categories of the aMED

aMED score  P value for trend
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8–9
Ca, mg 190 (10) 188 (5) 197 (4) 200 (4) 191 (4) 195 (4) 196 (4) 198 (4) 188 (6) 0.99
Ox, mg 31.1 (1.1) 30.3 (0.6) 31.4 (0.5) 32.4 (0.4) 33.0 (0.4) 32.8 (0.4) 33.4 (0.4) 34.5 (0.5) 35.7 (0.7) <0.001
Cit, mg 626 (29) 664 (16) 665 (12) 686 (11) 687 (10) 698 (11) 710 (11) 707 (13) 741 (17) <0.001
UA, mg 524 (14) 516 (8) 519 (6) 529 (5) 526 (5) 538 (5) 536 (6) 533 (6) 549 (8) <0.001
Na, mmol 158 (6) 151 (3) 154 (2) 155 (2) 152 (2) 149 (2) 152 (2) 152 (3) 143 (3) <0.001
K, mmol 56.4 (2.1) 57.6 (1.1) 58.8 (0.8) 61.4 (0.7) 62.8 (0.7) 64.8 (0.7) 66.6 (0.8) 68.9 (0.9) 71.8 (1.2) <0.001
Mg, mg 96 (4) 99 (2) 104 (2) 102 (1) 107 (1) 109 (1) 110 (2) 114 (2) 114 (2) <0.001
P, mg 734 (32) 674 (17) 720 (13) 706 (12) 732 (11) 715 (12) 738 (13) 754 (15) 750 (19) <0.001
pH 5.90 (0.05) 5.98 (0.03) 5.94 (0.02) 5.99 (0.02) 5.98 (0.02) 6.01 (0.02) 6.06 (0.02) 6.02 (0.02) 6.06 (0.03) <0.001
V, L 1.55 (0.08) 1.58 (0.04) 1.64 (0.03) 1.69 (0.03) 1.72 (0.03) 1.81 (0.03) 1.85 (0.03) 1.89 (0.03) 1.89 (0.05) <0.001
Creat, mg 1309 (25) 1330 (13) 1315 (10) 1332 (9) 1335 (9) 1339 (9) 1326 (10) 1322 (11) 1345 (15) 0.33
RSS,1 CaOx 1.80 (0.14) 1.70 (0.07) 1.76 (0.06) 1.72 (0.05) 1.63 (0.05) 1.64 (0.05) 1.55 (0.05) 1.61 (0.06) 1.47 (0.08) <0.001
SS,2 CaOx 5.76 (0.55) 5.77 (0.28) 5.93 (0.23) 5.74 (0.21) 5.63 (0.20) 5.22 (0.20) 5.35 (0.22) 5.33 (0.25) 5.61 (0.31) 0.007
RSS,1 CaP 1.49 (0.15) 1.35 (0.08) 1.37 (0.06) 1.39 (0.05) 1.29 (0.05) 1.35 (0.05) 1.33 (0.06) 1.20 (0.07) 1.19 (0.09) 0.011
SS,2 CaP 1.05 (0.16) 1.32 (0.08) 1.15 (0.07) 1.16 (0.06) 1.14 (0.06) 1.07 (0.06) 1.12 (0.06) 1.12 (0.07) 1.18 (0.09) 0.16
RSS,1 UA 2.15 (0.21) 2.05 (0.11) 2.12 (0.08) 1.95 (0.07) 1.87 (0.07) 1.85 (0.08) 1.61 (0.08) 1.85 (0.09) 1.56 (0.13) <0.001
SS,2 UA 0.94 (0.13) 0.75 (0.06) 0.76 (0.05) 0.72 (0.05) 0.70 (0.05) 0.60 (0.05) 0.60 (0.06) 0.57 (0.06) 0.59 (0.07) <0.001

Models were adjusted for age, BMI, urinary creatinine, history of kidney stones, and study cohort (HPFS, NHS I, or NHS II).

aMED, alternate Mediterranean diet score; Ca, calcium; CaOx, calcium oxalate; CaP, calcium phosphate; Cit, citrate; Creat, creatinine; HPFS, Health Professionals Follow-up Study; K, potassium; Mg, magnesium; Na, sodium; NHS I, Nurses’ Health Study I; NHS II, Nurses’ Health Study II; Ox, oxalate; P, phosphorous; RSS, relative supersaturation; SS, supersaturation; UA, uric acid; V, urinary volume.

1

Measured by Mission Pharmacal.

2

Measured by Litholink.