ArticleUrological research2009
Does smoking have any effect on urinary stone composition and the distribution of trace elements in urine and stones?
Article in Urological research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- The causal association between smoking, alcohol consumption and risk of upper urinary calculi: insights from a Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in genetics · 2023Article
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- LIFESTYLE RISK FACTORS AND BONE MASS IN RECURRENT STONE-FORMING PATIENTS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY IN 144 SUBJECTS.Acta clinica Croatica · 2019Article
- Kidney stone formers have more renal parenchymal crystals than non-stone formers, particularly in the papilla region.BMC urology · 2018Article
- Urinary stones as a novel matrix for human biomonitoring of toxic and essential elements.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2016Article
- Smoking: Its Impact on Urologic Health.Reviews in urology · 2015Article
- Association of minor and trace elements with mineralogical constituents of urinary stones: a hard nut to crack in existing studies of urolithiasis.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2013Article
- Cigarette smoking and nephrolitiasis in adult individuals.Nephro-urology monthly · 2013Article
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Abstract
The role of particular elements in lithogenesis is still unclear and debated. Probably some of them may promote or conversely inhibit crystal nucleation of organic or mineral species. A few epidemiological data link smoking with the risk of calcium stones. The aim of this hospital-based study was to evaluate the distribution of trace elements in urine and urinary stones, and possible correlation with stone constituents in smoking and non-smoking individuals. 209 stones and urine samples collected from idiopathic stone-formers were analyzed to evaluate the mineral composition and the distribution of elements, 29 in stones and 21 in urine. Values were statistically compared considering smoking, arterial hypertension and coronary heart disease as grouping variables. No differences were noted either for comparison of mineral components or the elements concentrations in stones in both groups. The concentration of mercury in urine was higher in smokers than in non-smokers, but the statistical significance was at the moderate level. Our findings do not support the concept of possible association between smoking and urinary lithogenesis, but we believe that further investigations are needed in this area.
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