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ArticleDiseases (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Incidence and Characteristics of Kidney Stones in Patients on Ketogenic Diet: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Prakrati Acharya, Chirag Acharya, Charat Thongprayoon, Panupong Hansrivijit, Swetha R Kanduri, Karthik Kovvuru, Juan Medaura, Pradeep Vaitla, Desiree F Garcia Anton, Poemlarp Mekraksakit and 3 more

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Article in Diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. The Ketogenic Diet in Obesity Management: Friend or Foe?Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2026
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  16. Potential of Orally Administered Quercetin, Hesperidin, andInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Prakrati AcharyaDivision of Nephrology, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.
Chirag AcharyaLea County Correctional Facility, Hobbs, NM 88240, USA.
Charat ThongprayoonDepartment of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Panupong HansrivijitDepartment of Internal Medicine, UPMC Pinnacle, Harrisburg, PA 17105, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5041-4290
Swetha R KanduriDepartment of Medicine, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7190-6665
Karthik KovvuruDepartment of Medicine, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2640-724X
Juan MedauraDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
Pradeep VaitlaDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
Desiree F Garcia AntonDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
Poemlarp MekraksakitDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2127-2529
Pattharawin PattharanitimaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani 10120, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-6010-0033
Tarun BathiniDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Wisit CheungpasitpornDepartment of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9954-9711
University of Mississippi Medical Center · USMayo Clinic · USOchsner Medical Center · USTexas Tech University · USThammasat University · THUniversity of Arizona · USUPMC Central Pa · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Very-low-carbohydrate diets or ketogenic diets are frequently used for weight loss in adults and as a therapy for epilepsy in children. The incidence and characteristics of kidney stones in patients on ketogenic diets are not well studied.

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epidemiologyketogenic dietkidney stonesmeta-analysisnephrolithiasissystematic review

Identifiers

PMID34070285
PMCPMC8161846
OpenAlexW3164753155

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