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ArticleUrological research2012

Osteopenia/osteoporosis in patients with calcium nephrolithiasis.

Miguel Angel Arrabal-Polo, Miguel Arrabal-Martin, Maria Sierra Girón-Prieto, Antonio Poyatos-Andujar, Juan Garrido-Gomez, Armando Zuluaga-Gomez, Salvador Arias-Santiago

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Article in Urological research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Nephrolithiasis, bone mineral density, osteoporosis, and fractures: a systematic review and comparative meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2016
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  7. The importance of urinary calcium in postmenopausal women with osteoporotic fracture.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Miguel Angel Arrabal-PoloUrology Department, San Cecilio University Hospital, Camino de Ronda Street, 143. 4F, Granada, Spain. arrabalp@ono.com
Miguel Arrabal-Martin
Maria Sierra Girón-Prieto
Antonio Poyatos-Andujar
Juan Garrido-Gomez
Armando Zuluaga-Gomez
Salvador Arias-Santiago
Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada · ESGeneral Department of Preventive Medicine · VNUniversidad de Granada · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyze the alterations in bone mineral density and bone and calcium-phosphorus metabolism in patients with calcium nephrolithiasis. We designed a study with 182 patients who were distributed among three groups: group O, 56 patients without nephrolithiasis; group A, 67 patients with calcium nephrolithiasis and mild lithogenic activity; and group B, 59 patients with calcium nephrolithiasis and severe lithogenic activity. Metabolic parameters of blood and urine that were related to calcium-phosphorous and bone metabolism and bone densitometry were assessed in all patients. A comparative study was performed on the variables of bone and calcium-phosphorus metabolism and bone densitometry as well as the presence or absence of osteopenia/osteoporosis. The patients in group B had a greater loss of bone mineral density, measured by the T-score, than the patients in groups O and A. Moreover, the proportion of patients in group B with osteopenia/osteoporosis was statistically significantly higher than the proportion of patients in groups O and A. We observed higher values of calciuria, fasting calcium/creatinine ratio, and 24-h calcium/creatinine among the patients in group B compared to the other two groups. Calciuria, citraturia, and fasting calcium/creatinine were independent factors that showed a relationship with severe lithogenic activity compared to the control group, and β-crosslaps is an independent factor that has a relationship with severe lithogenic activity as compared to mild lithogenic activity. Patients with calcium lithiasis and severe lithogenic activity have a greater loss in bone mineral density and therefore a greater risk of osteopenia/osteoporosis.

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CalciumAdultBone DensityBone Diseases, MetabolicFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNephrolithiasisOsteoporosisPhosphorusCalciumPhosphorus

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