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Statins Prevent Kidney Stones? Yes, According to a New Study
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<blockquote data-quote="CoastWatcher" data-source="post: 110642" data-attributes="member: 2624"><p>It's known that lipid levels, higher lipid levels, are an independent risk factor for kidney stones. A recent study confirmed that these is an association between statin therapy and fewer kidney stones.</p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">All patients who were newly diagnosed at the University of Chicago with hyperlipidemia between 2009 and 2011, and had never taken a statin drug were identified.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">These patients' clinical outcomes were followed until 2015, to assess whether they had been newly prescribed statins and whether they had developed symptomatic urolithiasis/kidney stones.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Patient demographics, stone risk factors, prescription data, and serum lipid values were collected.</li> </ul><p></p><p>[h=3]Results[/b]</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">101,259 patients met inclusion criteria, 47.8% of whom received a statin prescription during the study period.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Patients prescribed statins were significantly older, had a greater likelihood of osteoporosis, hemiplegia, immobility, and more likely to take a thiazide diuretic.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Patients without a history of urolithiasis/kidney stones who were started on statin therapy were significantly less likely to develop new stones than patients not taking statins. This protective effect was even greater in patients with a history of stone disease. Lipid parameters (LDL, TG, cholesterol) were lower in the statin-treated group, suggesting overall compliance with these medications.</strong></li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p>[h=3]Conclusions[/b]Our data confirms previous work that statins protect against urinary stone formation, however the underlying mechanism seems to be distinct from statins' lipid-lowering effect.</p><p></p><p>"Impact of Statin Intake on Kidney Stone Formation," <em>Urology, 01/29/2018, <a href="https://www.goldjournal.net/article/S0090-4295(18)30083-9/fulltext" target="_blank">https://www.goldjournal.net/article/S0090-4295(18)30083-9/fulltext</a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CoastWatcher, post: 110642, member: 2624"] It's known that lipid levels, higher lipid levels, are an independent risk factor for kidney stones. A recent study confirmed that these is an association between statin therapy and fewer kidney stones. [LIST] [*]All patients who were newly diagnosed at the University of Chicago with hyperlipidemia between 2009 and 2011, and had never taken a statin drug were identified. [*]These patients' clinical outcomes were followed until 2015, to assess whether they had been newly prescribed statins and whether they had developed symptomatic urolithiasis/kidney stones. [*]Patient demographics, stone risk factors, prescription data, and serum lipid values were collected. [/LIST] [h=3]Results[/b] [LIST] [*]101,259 patients met inclusion criteria, 47.8% of whom received a statin prescription during the study period. [*]Patients prescribed statins were significantly older, had a greater likelihood of osteoporosis, hemiplegia, immobility, and more likely to take a thiazide diuretic. [*][B]Patients without a history of urolithiasis/kidney stones who were started on statin therapy were significantly less likely to develop new stones than patients not taking statins. This protective effect was even greater in patients with a history of stone disease. Lipid parameters (LDL, TG, cholesterol) were lower in the statin-treated group, suggesting overall compliance with these medications.[/B] [/LIST] [h=3]Conclusions[/b]Our data confirms previous work that statins protect against urinary stone formation, however the underlying mechanism seems to be distinct from statins' lipid-lowering effect. "Impact of Statin Intake on Kidney Stone Formation," [I]Urology, 01/29/2018, [URL]https://www.goldjournal.net/article/S0090-4295(18)30083-9/fulltext[/URL][/I] [/QUOTE]
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