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Dietary habits of patients with renal stone disease in Greece
Author(s) -
Hassapidou M. N.,
Paraskevopoulos S. TH.,
Karakoltsidis P. A.,
Petridis D.,
Fotiadou E.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of human nutrition and dietetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1365-277X
pISSN - 0952-3871
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-277x.1999.00141.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anthropometry , red meat , obesity , food intake , environmental health , physiology , pathology
Summary Objective: To assess the dietary habits of 62 renal stone patients and to relate their diet to the likelihood of nephrolithiasis. Subjects and methods: All subjects completed a dietary questionnaire including questions regarding anthropometric characteristics, dietary habits and food consumption frequencies. Subjects were grouped according to sex. Results: Sixty per cent of the subjects were male and 40% female. Seventy‐nine per cent of the patients were obese (BMI > 25). The percentage of obese individuals was higher for men (84%) than for women (72%). Furthermore, BMI increased with age with a peak at the age of 50 years. All subjects had a high meat intake indicating a high animal protein consumption. Forty‐two per cent of the subjects consume meat 5–8 times per week and 24% consume meat 9–12 times per week. All subjects had a low milk and dairy products intake as well as low vegetable and fruit intake, indicating a strong possibility of low calcium and fibre intake. Conclusion: The results of the dietary survey recorded a diet which is associated with an increased risk of nephrolithiasis. The majority of the subjects were obese, had a high intake of animal protein from meat, a low intake of foods rich in calcium and a low number of meals per day.