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Epidemiological Study of Urinary Tract Stones in a Northern Italian City
Author(s) -
BORGHI L.,
FERRETTI P. P.,
ELIA G. F.,
AMATO F.,
MELLONI E.,
TRAPASSI MARIA RITA,
NOVARINI A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1990.tb14716.x
Subject(s) - epidemiology , gout , medicine , incidence (geometry) , disease , family history , uric acid , population , traditional medicine , environmental health , surgery , physics , optics
Summary— An epidemiological study of stone disease in a Northern Italian city was carried out by means of a postal questionnaire mailed to 6000 individuals (2.5% of the entire population). It was found that the incidence of stone disease was comparable to that of industrialised Western Europe. There was a relationship between stone disease and gout and stone disease and a positive family history. The frequency of uric acid stones was high (26.5%). Stone‐formers showed no alimentary differences from non‐stone formers apart from the use of spices and herbs. Stone‐formers used less water from public aqueducts and more uncarbonated mineral water, but only 19% of these drank at least 2 litres a day.