Association between the American Heart Association's new "Life's Essential 8" metrics and kidney stone.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The incidence of kidney stone disease has increased worldwide, resulting in high medical costs and social burden. Kidney stone disease shares some common features with the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). We investigated the association between cardiovascular health (CVH) based on the Life's Essential 8 (LE8) score developed by the American Heart Association and the incidence of kidney stone disease.

Methods

We analyzed the data of 29,469 US adults aged 20 years or above from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2018. According to the LE8 score, CVH was divided into three categories: poor, intermediate, and ideal. Logistic regression was used to determine the association between CVH and the incidence of kidney stone disease by est

SUBMITTER: Dong X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10973081 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature