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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2026

Urinary lithogenic factors in urolithiasis patients with kidney disease and correlation with renal function.

Qian Dong, Huan Xu, Pengjie Xu, Jiang Liu

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Qian DongDepartment of Nephrology, The Affiliated Lihuili Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Huan XuDepartment of Nephrology, The Affiliated Lihuili Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Pengjie XuDepartment of Nephrology, The Affiliated Lihuili Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Jiang LiuDepartment of Nephrology, The Affiliated Lihuili Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.

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Background: Patients with kidney disease have a high incidence of kidney stones, yet the specific mechanisms remain elusive. The purpose of this study was to explore the connection between urinary lithogenic factors and renal function. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 150 patients with kidney disease -associated nephrolithiasis and 84 stone-forming patients with common nephrolithiasis. The renal disease group comprised 69 renal transplant recipients, 36 patients with CKD stages 1-2, and 45 patients with CKD stages 3-4. Urinary lithogenic factors and renal function indicators were compared and correlated. Results: Patients with kidney disease showed significantly higher calcium/creatinine and magnesium/creatinine ratios, and lower citrate/creatinine ratios and urinary uric acid levels, compared to those with common nephrolithiasis (all Conclusion: Patients with kidney disease had increased urinary calcium and magnesium excretion and decreased citrate levels compared to people with common nephrolithiasis. Kidney disease is associated with distinct alterations in urinary lithogenic factors, particularly hypocitraturia, with subtype-specific patterns that may guide targeted prevention strategies. These findings were based on a cross-sectional assessment using a single first-morning urine sample adjusted for urinary creatinine and should be validated with 24-h urine metabolic evaluation in future studies.

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citrate/creatinine ratiokidney diseasekidney stoneslithogenic factorsrenal function

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PMID42609264
PMCPMC13477916

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