Kidney stone and risk of cardiovascular diseases: a cross-sectional study in the southeast of Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since the prevalence of kidney stones and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is increasing globally and also in Iran, it is vital to assess the associations between both disorders. The current study aimed to investigate the association between kidney stones and the risk of CVD.

Methods

This study was cross-sectional in design, which used the data of the Rafsanjan cohort study (RCS), a population-based Prospective epidemiological research study in Iran (PERSIAN) that recruited 10,000 participants of both genders aged 35-70 years from four urban and suburban areas of Rafsanjan. Demographic factors, medical history, personal habits, biochemical parameters including Fasting blood sugar (FBS), glomerular filtration rate (GFR), creatine (Cr), Blood urea nitrogen (BUN), urine

SUBMITTER: Nazari A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11863594 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature