• DOI:10.1007/s00240-016-0908-3
Corpus ID: 4585476

Obesity and urolithiasis: evidence of regional influences

@article{Trinchieri2016ObesityAU,
  title={Obesity and urolithiasis: evidence of regional influences},
  author={A. Trinchieri and Emanuele Croppi and E. Montanari},
  journal={Urolithiasis},
  year={2016},
  volume={45},
  pages={271-278}
}

A. Trinchieri, Emanuele Croppi, E. Montanari

Published 2016

Medicine

Urolithiasis

There is evidence that obese patients have an increased risk of renal stone formation, although this relationship could be less evident in some populations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of overweight and obesity on the risk of renal stone formation in a population consuming a Mediterranean diet and to better elucidate the mechanisms underlying the increased risk of urolithiasis observed in obese subjects. We performed a retrospective review of 1698 stone forming patients… CONTINUE READING

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