Introduction: Public awareness regarding the influence of diet on kidney stones is unknown.
We sought to evaluate such perceptions among an unselected community cohort. Materials …

Materials and methods A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted at Aga
Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. For nine food items and 14 beverages, respondents …

Results Included were 184,398 participants with no history of kidney stones, 7095 of whom
became confirmed stone formers. Several intakes changed significantly over time in stone …

Purpose Several dietary and lifestyle factors are associated with a higher risk of kidney
stones. We estimated the population attributable fraction and the number needed to prevent …

Objective To assess knowledge of both promoting and preventive dietary factors on
nephrolithiasis in a diverse patient population. Precipitating factors of kidney stone disease …

Purpose: Increased fluid intake, and decreased dietary sodium and animal protein intake
are thought to reduce the risk of kidney stones but the role of calcium intake is controversial …

Objective Diet has a major influence on the formation and management of kidney stones.
However, kidney stone formers' diet is difficult to capture in a large population. Our objective …

Dietary factors play an important role in kidney stone formation, and dietary modification can
reduce the risk of stone recurrence. Because stone recurrence rates may be as high as 30 …

Background Fluid intake and diet are thought to influence kidney stone risk. However,
prospective studies have been limited to small samples sizes and/or restricted measures …

Objective To compare dietary factors between incident symptomatic stone formers and
controls, and among the incident stone formers, to determine whether dietary factors were …