Top

BMC Public Health

Published in:

Open Access 01-12-2024 | Nutrition | Research

Association between drinking status and risk of kidney stones among United States adults: NHANES 2007–2018

Authors: Baian Wei, Wenyue Tan, Shuien He, Shijian Yang, Chiming Gu, Shusheng Wang

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2024

Abstract

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between drinking status and kidney stones occurrence among United States (US) adults who consume alcohol.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 2007–2018). Questionnaires yielded information on alcohol consumption and kidney health. Drinking status was categorized into four groups—former, mild, moderate, and heavy—based on alcohol consumption patterns. The aim was to explore the relationship between drinking status and the prevalence of kidney stones occurrence. For this analysis, we examined a group of individuals diagnosed with kidney stones. With survey weights applied, the total weight of the group was 185,690,415.

Results

We used logistic regression to measure the relationship between drinking status and the likelihood of developing kidney stones. In a fully adjusted model, former drinkers were less likely to have previously experienced kidney stones (OR 0.762, 95% CI 0.595–0.977, P < 0.05). In subgroup analysis, heavy alcohol consumption was associated with a significantly reduced likelihood of kidney stones occurrence in various populations. The adjusted odds ratios (with 95% confidence intervals) of kidney stones risk for heavy alcohol consumption were 0.745 (0.566–0.981) for young individuals, 0.566 (0.342–0.939) for older individuals, 0.708 (0.510–0.981) for individuals of white race, 0.468 (0.269–0.817) for individuals with underweight/normal BMI, 0.192 (0.066–0.560) for widowed people, 0.538 (0.343–0.843) for smoking individuals, 0.749 (0.595–0.941) for individuals without a cancer history, and 0.724 (0.566–0.925) for individuals without a stroke history.

Conclusions

In US adults who consume alcohol, a negative linear relationship is apparent between drinking status and the prevalence of kidney stones, with heavy drinking showing a lower prevalence compared to former drinkers. However, the causal relationship between drinking status and kidney stones requires further investigation in future research endeavors.

Chewcharat A, Curhan G. Trends in the prevalence of kidney stones in the United States from 2007 to 2016. Urolithiasis. 2021;49:27–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-020-01210-w.CrossRefPubMed

A M, X T, C C, et al. Prevalence and Trends in kidney stone among adults in the USA: Analyses of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007–2018 data. Eur Urol Focus. 2021;7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2020.08.011.

Pearle MS, Calhoun EA, Curhan GC, Urologic Diseases of America Project. Urologic diseases in America project: urolithiasis. J Urol. 2005;173:848–57. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ju.0000152082.14384.d7.CrossRefPubMed

Bryant M, Angell J, Tu H, et al. Health related quality of life for stone formers. J Urol. 2012;188:436–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2012.04.015.CrossRefPubMed

Whitehurst L, Jones P, Somani BK. Mortality from kidney stone disease (KSD) as reported in the literature over the last two decades: a systematic review. World J Urol. 2019;37:759–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-018-2424-2.CrossRefPubMed

Siener R. Nutrition and kidney Stone Disease. Nutrients. 2021;13:1917. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13061917.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Kim SC, Coe FL, Tinmouth WW, et al. Stone formation is proportional to papillary surface coverage by Randall’s plaque. J Urol. 2005;173:117–9. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ju.0000147270.68481.ce. discussion 119.CrossRefPubMed

Kim SY, Yoo DM, Bang WJ, Choi HG. Obesity is positively Associated and Alcohol Intake is negatively Associated with Nephrolithiasis. Nutrients. 2022;14:4122. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14194122.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Wang X, Xu X, Wu J, et al. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of alcohol intake on the risk of urolithiasis including dose-response relationship. Urol Int. 2015;94:194–204. https://doi.org/10.1159/000365358.CrossRefPubMed

10.

Littlejohns TJ, Neal NL, Bradbury KE, et al. Fluid intake and dietary factors and the risk of incident kidney stones in UK Biobank: a Population-based prospective cohort study. Eur Urol Focus. 2020;6:752–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2019.05.002.CrossRefPubMed

11.

Goldfarb DS, Fischer ME, Keich Y, Goldberg J. A twin study of genetic and dietary influences on nephrolithiasis: a report from the Vietnam era Twin (VET) Registry. Kidney Int. 2005;67:1053–61. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00170.x.CrossRefPubMed

12.

Hall WD, Pettinger M, Oberman A, et al. Risk factors for kidney stones in older women in the southern United States. Am J Med Sci. 2001;322:12–8. https://doi.org/10.1097/00000441-200107000-00003.CrossRefPubMed

13.

Liu C-C, Huang S-P, Wu W-J, et al. The impact of cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking and betel quid chewing on the risk of calcium urolithiasis. Ann Epidemiol. 2009;19:539–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.02.006.CrossRefPubMed

14.

Zhao A, Dai M, Chen YJ, et al. Risk factors associated with nephrolithiasis: a case-control study in China. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2015;27:NP414–424. https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539512445189.CrossRefPubMed

15.

NHANES Tutorials. https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/tutorials/default.aspx. Accessed 30 Mar 2023.

16.

Johnson CL, Paulose-Ram R, Ogden CL, et al. National health and nutrition examination survey: analytic guidelines, 1999–2010. Vital Health Stat. 2013;2:1–24.

17.

Turney BW, Appleby PN, Reynard JM, et al. Diet and risk of kidney stones in the Oxford cohort of the European prospective investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Eur J Epidemiol. 2014;29:363–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-014-9904-5.CrossRefPubMed

18.

C HWJF Y, et al. Consumption of tea, Alcohol, and fruits and risk of kidney stones: a prospective cohort study in 0.5 million Chinese adults. Nutrients. 2021;13. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13041119.

19.

Jones P, Karim Sulaiman S, Gamage KN, et al. Do lifestyle factors including smoking, Alcohol, and Exercise Impact your risk of developing kidney Stone Disease? Outcomes of a systematic review. J Endourol. 2021;35:1–7. https://doi.org/10.1089/end.2020.0378.CrossRefPubMed

20.

Ferraro PM, Taylor EN, Gambaro G, Curhan GC. Soda and other beverages and the risk of kidney stones. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013;8:1389–95. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.11661112.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

21.

Dai M, Zhao A, Liu A, et al. Dietary factors and risk of kidney stone: a case-control study in southern China. J Ren Nutr. 2013;23:e21–28. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jrn.2012.04.003.CrossRefPubMed

22.

Borghi L, Meschi T, Amato F, et al. Urinary volume, water and recurrences in idiopathic calcium nephrolithiasis: a 5-year randomized prospective study. J Urol. 1996;155:839–43.CrossRefPubMed

23.

Hirvonen T, Pietinen P, Virtanen M, et al. Nutrient intake and use of beverages and the risk of kidney stones among male smokers. Am J Epidemiol. 1999;150:187–94. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009979.CrossRefPubMed

24.

de Lorimier AA. Alcohol, wine, and health. Am J Surg. 2000;180:357–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9610(00)00486-4.CrossRefPubMed

25.

Eisenhofer G, Johnson RH. Effect of ethanol ingestion on plasma vasopressin and water balance in humans. Am J Physiol. 1982;242:R522–527. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.1982.242.5.R522.CrossRefPubMed

26.

Brien SE, Ronksley PE, Turner BJ, et al. Effect of alcohol consumption on biological markers associated with risk of coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of interventional studies. BMJ. 2011;342:d636. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d636.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

27.

Khan SR, Canales BK, Dominguez-Gutierrez PR. Randall’s plaque and calcium oxalate stone formation: role for immunity and inflammation. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2021;17:417–33. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-020-00392-1.CrossRefPubMed

28.

Imhof A, Froehlich M, Brenner H, et al. Effect of alcohol consumption on systemic markers of inflammation. Lancet. 2001;357:763–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04170-2.CrossRefPubMed

29.

Boffetta P, Hashibe M. Alcohol and cancer. Lancet Oncol. 2006;7:149–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(06)70577-0.CrossRefPubMed

30.

GBD 2016 Alcohol Collaborators. Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the global burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet. 2018;392:1015–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31310-2.CrossRefPubMedCentral

31.

Deng M-G, Liu F, Wang K, et al. Association between dietary flavonoid intake and depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional research. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2024;86:75–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.12.005.CrossRefPubMed

32.

Deng M-G, Liu F, Wang K, et al. Relationship between dietary carotenoid intake and sleep duration in American adults: a population-based study. Nutr J. 2023;22:68. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-023-00898-x.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Title: Association between drinking status and risk of kidney stones among United States adults: NHANES 2007–2018
Authors: Baian Wei
Wenyue Tan
Shuien He
Shijian Yang
Chiming Gu
Shusheng Wang
Publication date: 01-12-2024
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keyword: Nutrition
Published in: BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2024
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18307-1

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

Springer Medicine

Association between drinking status and risk of kidney stones among United States adults: NHANES 2007–2018

Abstract

Objective

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

Springer Medicine

Abstract

Objective

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Please log in to get access to this content

Other articles of this Issue 1/2024

Cost-utility analysis of add-on vericiguat for the treatment of chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in China

Satisfaction with local healthcare services and medical need among hypertensive patients: a nationwide study

Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Scale of Effects of Social Media on Eating Behaviour and research of its influencing factors

How do urban green spaces influence heat-related mortality in elderly? A realist synthesis

Association between health-related social media use and E-cigarette use among current cigarette users: the roles of anti-tobacco messages and harm perception

A qualitative assessment of cleaning and hand hygiene practices at shelters serving people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlanta, GA – May-June, 2020