Total, Dietary, and Supplemental Vitamin C Intake and Risk of Incident Kidney Stones.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Institution/Department

Nephrology

Journal Title

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation

MeSH Headings

Adult, Aged, Ascorbic Acid, Body Mass Index, Diet, Dietary Supplements, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Italy, Kidney Calculi, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Surveys and Questionnaires, United States, Vitamins

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Previous studies of vitamin C and kidney stones were conducted mostly in men and either reported disparate results for supplemental and dietary vitamin C or did not examine dietary vitamin C.

STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort analysis.

SETTING & PARTICIPANTS: 156,735 women in the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) I and II and 40,536 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS).

PREDICTOR: Total, dietary, and supplemental vitamin C intake, adjusted for age, body mass index, thiazide use, and dietary factors.

OUTCOMES: Incident kidney stones.

RESULTS: During a median follow-up of 11.3 to 11.7 years, 6,245 incident kidney stones were identified. After multivariable adjustment, total vitamin C intake (<90 >[reference], 90-249, 250-499, 500-999, and ≥1,000mg/d) was not significantly associated with risk for kidney stones among women, but was among men (HRs of 1.00 [reference], 1.19 [95% CI, 0.99-1.46], 1.15 [95% CI, 0.93-1.42], 1.29 [95% CI, 1.04-1.60], and 1.43 [95% CI, 1.15-1.79], respectively; P for trend = 0.005). Median total vitamin C intake for the 500- to 999-mg/d category was ∼700mg/d. Supplemental vitamin C intake (no use [reference],700mg/d.

LIMITATIONS: Nutrient intakes derived from food-frequency questionnaires, lack of data on stone composition for all cases.

CONCLUSIONS: Total and supplemental vitamin C intake was significantly associated with higher risk for incident kidney stones in men, but not in women.

ISSN

1523-6838

First Page

400

Last Page

407

Link to Full Text

Share

COinS