Cardiovascular risk factors, ethnicity and infection stone are independent factors associated with reduced renal function in renal stone formers.
Seow Huey ChoySelina Ann NyanataySelvalingam SothilingamRohan MalekSathiyananthan J RCharng Chee TohMurali SundramNoor Ashani Md YusoffPoongkodi NagappanShakirin KamaruzamanWei-Sien YeohTeng Aik OngJasmine LimPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Reduced renal function varies between ethnicities and all age groups of renal stone formers. In addition to age and ethnicity, cardiovascular risk factors including diabetes and hypertension may also need to be taken into account in managing stone patients with reduced renal function.