Urinary Tract Stones and Osteoporosis: Findings From the Women's Health Initiative.

ABSTRACT: Kidney and bladder stones (urinary tract stones) and osteoporosis are prevalent, serious conditions for postmenopausal women. Men with kidney stones are at increased risk of osteoporosis; however, the relationship of urinary tract stones to osteoporosis in postmenopausal women has not been established. The purpose of this study was to determine whether urinary tract stones are an independent risk factor for changes in bone mineral density (BMD) and incident fractures in women in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI). Data were obtained from 150,689 women in the Observational Study and Clinical Trials of the WHI with information on urinary tract stones status: 9856 of these women reported urinary tract stones at baseline and/or incident urinary tract stones during follow-up. Cox regression mo

SUBMITTER: Carbone LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5618440 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature