Do Hypertension, diabetes mellitus and obesity increase the risk of severity of nephrolithiasis?

SANCAK E. B., Resorlu M., Akbas A., GÜLPINAR M. T., ARSLAN M., REŞORLU B.

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.31, no.3, pp.566-571, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.12669/pjms.313.7086
  • Journal Name: PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.566-571
  • Keywords: Body mass index, Diabetes mellitus, Hypertension, Kidney stone, Stone burden, HOLMIUM LASER LITHOTRIPSY, SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE, STONE-FREE STATUS, BODY-MASS INDEX, KIDNEY-STONES, METABOLIC SYNDROME, UROLITHIASIS, URETEROSCOPY, PREDICTOR, DISEASE
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: In this study we planned to investigate the relationship between presence of kidney stones and stone burden with hypertension (HT), diabetes mellitus (DM) and body mass index (BMI).