Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Nov 2010
Correlates of kidney stone disease differ by race in a multi-ethnic middle-aged population: the ARIC study.
To identify correlates of kidney stone disease in white and African American men and women in a population-based longitudinal study starting in four US communities, and to assess differences in correlates across racial groups. ⋯ We identified novel correlates of kidney stone disease (triglycerides, gallstone disease) and risk factor interactions by race (age, male gender, triglycerides, gallstone disease).