Biochemical evaluation of patients with urolithiasis.
Inhibition of calcium oxalate crystal growth was analyzed in 84 male and 30 female patients with urolithiasis and in 27 normal men and 7 normal women. No significant difference in inhibition index was found between stone formers and normal subjects or between male and female stone formers. The quotient, calcium X oxalate/magnesium X inhibition index, was significantly higher in urine from male stone formers (p less than 0.01) and the same was found for the quotient, calcium X oxalate/magnesium X citrate X inhibition index (p less than 0.005).
D002129:Calcium Oxalate / Q000652:urine*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008274:Magnesium / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000652:urine*
D002129:Calcium Oxalate; D003404:Creatinine; D008274:Magnesium