title: Prevalence of urolithiasis in a Finnish district. An epidemiologic study of adults in Tampere.
abstract: Information on the prevalence of urolithiasis in a general population was obtained in an investigation of 5252 persons in the Finnish city of Tampere from September 1980 to February 1982. The study was based on a questionnaire delivered to every 37th citizen in the age groups 20-69 years and to 45-year-old and 65-year-old persons taking part in a health screening program. Persons with a history of urolithiasis were compared with healthy controls. The prevalence figures were 3.0% for men and 1.8% for women aged 20-69 years. The corresponding figures for the 45-year-old group were 4.2% and 1.2% and for the 65-year-old group they were 5.2% and 2.2%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Nikkilä
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pasternack
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology