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SynthesisInternational urology and nephrology2024

Association between tea consumption and risk of kidney stones: results from dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies and Mendelian randomization analysis.

Jian Wu, Hao Yu, Zewu Zhu, Jinbo Chen, Zhiyong Chen, Hequn Chen

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Synthesis in International urology and nephrology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Jian WuDepartment of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Hao YuDepartment of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Zewu ZhuDepartment of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Jinbo ChenDepartment of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Zhiyong ChenDepartment of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China. chenzhiyongxy@163.com.
Hequn ChenDepartment of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China. chenhequnxy@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4286-9308
Central South University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82170781
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe association between tea consumption and kidney stones is inconsistent in observational studies. Thus, we performed a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies and a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to identify this association.

methodsThe prospective cohort studies reporting the relationship between tea consumption and kidney stones were searched from PubMed, the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, and Web of Science from inception to December 1, 2023. For MR analysis, the summary-level data for tea consumption and kidney stones were extracted from the UK Biobank available data and the 8th release of the FinnGen consortium, respectively. The inverse-variance weighted (IVW) method was the primary analytical method.

resultsIn our dose-response meta-analysis, four prospective cohort studies involving 1,263,008 participants were included, and tea consumption was found to have significant associations with kidney stones (RR: 0.80, 95% CI: 0.73-0.87). We also observed a substantially linear negative relationship between tea consumption and the risk of kidney stones. In MR analysis, the IVW method indicated that tea consumption was inversely associated with kidney stones (OR: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.53-0.94).

conclusionOur study confirmed a causal relationship between tea consumption and kidney stones, and higher tea consumption may reduce the risk of kidney stones.

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Kidney CalculiMendelian Randomization AnalysisTeaHumansProspective StudiesRisk AssessmentTeaDose–response meta-analysisKidney stonesMendelian randomizationTea consumption

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PMID38212471
OpenAlexW4390766547

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