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- Title
Urine osmolality predicts calcium-oxalate crystallization risk in patients with recurrent urolithiasis.
- Authors
Kavouras, Stavros A.; Suh, Hyun-Gyu; Vallet, Marion; Daudon, Michel; Mauromoustakos, Andy; Vecchio, Mariacristina; Tack, Ivan
- Abstract
Our aim was to investigate the validity of osmolality from 24-h urine collection in examining the risk for calcium-oxalate (CaOx) kidney stone formation in patients with recurrent urolithiasis. Three hundred and twelve subjects (males/females: 184/128) from France with a history of recurrent kidney stones from confirmed or putative CaOx origin were retrospectively included in the study (46 ± 14 years, BMI: 25.3 ± 5.0 kg·m−2). Tiselius' crystallization risk index (CRI) was calculated based on urinary calcium, oxalate, citrate, magnesium, and volume from 24-h samples. The diagnostic ability of 24-h urine osmolality to classify patients as high risk for kidney stone crystallization was examined through the receivers operating characteristics analysis. High risk for CaOx crystallization was defined as CRI > 1.61 and > 1.18, for males and females, respectively. The accuracy of urine osmolality to diagnose risk of CaOx stone formation (AUC, area under the curve) for females was 84.6%, with cut-off point of 501 mmol·kg−1 (sensitivity: 83.3%, specificity: 76.0%). Males had AUC of 85.8% with threshold of 577 mmo·kg−1 (sensitivity: 85.5%, specificity: 77.6%). A negative association was found between 24-h urine volume and osmolality (r = − 0.63, P < 0.001). Also, a positive association was found between 24-h urine osmolality and CRI (r = 0.65, P < 0.001), as well as urea excretion with CRI (r = 0.37, P < 0.001). In conclusion, urine osmolality > 501 and > 577 mmol·kg−1, in female and in male, respectively, was associated with a risk for CaOx kidney stone formation in patients with a history of recurrent urolithiasis. Thus, when CaOx origin is confirmed or suspected, 24-h urine osmolality provides a simple way to define individualized target of urine dilution to prevent urine crystallization and stone formation.
- Subjects
FRANCE; OSMOLALITY; URINARY calculi; URINE; KIDNEY stones; CRYSTALLIZATION
- Publication
Urolithiasis, 2021, Vol 49, Issue 5, p399
- ISSN
2194-7228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00240-020-01242-2