Risk of Symptomatic Kidney Stones During and After Pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

There are several well-known anatomical and physiological changes during pregnancy that could contribute to kidney stone formation, but evidence that they increase the risk of kidney stones during pregnancy is lacking. We determined whether there was an increased risk of a first-time symptomatic kidney stone during and after pregnancy.

Study design

A population-based matched case-control study.

Setting & participants

945 female first-time symptomatic kidney stone formers aged 15-45 years and 1,890 age-matched female controls in Olmsted County, MN, from 1984-2012. The index date was the date of onset of a symptomatic kidney stone for both the case and her matched controls.

Exposure

The primary exposure was pregnancy with assessment for vari

SUBMITTER: Thongprayoon C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8384636 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature