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Published in: Urolithiasis 1/2013

01-02-2013 | Letter to the Editor

Age-specific prevalence of kidney stones in Chinese urban inhabitants

Authors: Qiang Zeng, Yuan He

Published in: Urolithiasis | Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

The data on prevalence of kidney stones are lacking in China. We enrolled a total of 1,169,651 urban inhabitants across China in 2008 to detect if they are experiencing kidney stones by ultrasound diagnosis. Calibrated after the Chinese population census, the overall prevalence rate was estimated to be 4.0 %, 4.8 % in men and 3.0 % in women. A male predominance was found in all age group . The prevalence in the north (4.1 %) was slightly higher than that in the south (4.0 %). This study provides a quantitative and updated estimate of the kidney stone prevalence in a nationally representative sample.
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Metadata
Title
Age-specific prevalence of kidney stones in Chinese urban inhabitants
Authors
Qiang Zeng
Yuan He
Publication date
01-02-2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Urolithiasis / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 2194-7228
Electronic ISSN: 2194-7236
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-012-0520-0

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