Vitamin B6 intake and the risk of incident kidney stones.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2018
Institution/Department
Nephrology
Journal Title
Urolithiasis.
MeSH Headings
Adult, Aged, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Incidence, Kidney Calculi, Male, Middle Aged, Oxalates, Proportional Hazards Models, Prospective Studies, Renal Elimination, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Vitamin B 6
Abstract
Higher vitamin B6 intake might reduce urinary excretion of oxalate, one of the major determinants of risk for calcium oxalate kidney stones. Previous studies investigating the association between intake of vitamin B6 and risk of stones found conflicting results. We sought to investigate the association in three large prospective cohorts. We prospectively examined the association in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS; n = 42,919 men), Nurses' Health Study I (NHS I; n = 60,003 older women), and Nurses' Health Study II (NHS II; n = 90,629 younger women). Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for incident stones across categories of total vitamin B6 intake (
ISSN
2194-7236
First Page
265
Last Page
270
Recommended Citation
Ferraro, Pietro Manuel; Taylor, Eric N; Gambaro, Giovanni; and Curhan, Gary C, "Vitamin B6 intake and the risk of incident kidney stones." (2018). Maine Medical Center. 540.
https://knowledgeconnection.mainehealth.org/mmc/540
