ArticleNutrients2021
Consumption of Tea, Alcohol, and Fruits and Risk of Kidney Stones: A Prospective Cohort Study in 0.5 Million Chinese Adults.
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- Univariable and multivariable mendelian randomization study revealed the modifiable risk factors of urolithiasis.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
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- Higher Life's Essential 8 score is associated with lower risk of kidney stones in Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Ethnic diversity and urolithiasis: a single-center experience.International urology and nephrology · 2025Article
- Epigallocatechin Gallate Attenuates CaOx Crystal-Induced Renal Tubular Injury to Inhibit CaOx Nephrolithiasis via GRP94/PI3K/AKT Signaling.Biomaterials research · 2025Article
- Identification of potential pathogenic genes for urolithiasis through multi-omics Mendelian randomization analysis.Urolithiasis · 2024Article
- Impact of diet on renal stone formation.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Review
- Alcohol Intake and Prevalent Kidney Stone: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2018.Nutrients · 2024Article
- The Multidisciplinary Approach in the Management of Patients with Kidney Stone Disease-A State-of-the-Art Review.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Association between drinking status and risk of kidney stones among United States adults: NHANES 2007-2018.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Loneliness and low fruit and vegetable consumption among adults in Japan.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Association between composite dietary antioxidant index and kidney stone prevalence in adults: data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 2007-2018).Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
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- Kidney Stone Prevention.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Review
- Association between alcohol consumption and kidney stones in American adults: 2007-2016 NHANES.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Obesity Is Positively Associated and Alcohol Intake Is Negatively Associated with Nephrolithiasis.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Diet and Stone Disease in 2022.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Urinary Excretion of Cyanuric Acid in Association with Urolithiasis: A Matched Case-Control Study in Shanghai Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Understanding the link between kidney stones and cancers of the upper urinary tract and bladder.American journal of clinical and experimental urology · 2022Review
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Abstract
A few prospective studies have suggested that tea, alcohol, and fruit consumption may reduce the risk of kidney stones. However, little is known whether such associations and their combined effect persist in Chinese adults, for whom the popular tea and alcohol drinks are different from those investigated in the aforementioned studies. The present study included 502,621 participants from the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB). Information about tea, alcohol, and fruit consumption was self-reported at baseline. The first documented cases of kidney stones during follow-up were collected through linkage with the national health insurance system. Cox regression was used to calculate the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). During a median of 11.1 years of follow-up, we collected 12,407 cases of kidney stones. After multivariable adjustment, tea, alcohol, and fruit consumption were found to be negatively associated with kidney stone risk, but the linear trend was only found in tea and fruit consumption. Compared with non-tea consumers, the HR (95% CI) for participants who drank ≥7 cups of tea per day was 0.73 (0.65-0.83). Compared with non-alcohol consumers, the HR (95% CI) was 0.79 (0.72-0.87) for participants who drank pure alcohol of 30.0-59.9 g per day but had no further decrease with a higher intake of alcohol. Compared with less-than-weekly consumers, the HR (95% CI) for daily fruit consumers was 0.81 (0.75-0.87). Even for those who did not drink alcohol excessively, increasing tea and fruit consumption could also independently reduce the stone risk. Among Chinese adults, tea, alcohol, and fruit consumption was associated with a lower risk of kidney stones.
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