Title:Is Kidney Stone Associated with Thyroid Disease? The United States
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2018
Volume: 24
Issue: 11
Author(s): Wenya Xue, Zihan Xue, Yanbing Liu, Pan Yin, Luyu Liu, Shen’ao Qu, Shaobo Wu*Chuance Yang*
Affiliation:
- Department of Medicine, Honghui Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710054, China
- Department of Urology, The First
Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Keywords:
Kidney stone, thyroid disease, prevent, NHANES, hypothyroidism, hypertension.
Abstract:
Background: Kidney stones and thyroid disease are two common diseases in the
general population, with multiple common risk factors. The associations between kidney stones
and thyroid disease are unclear.
Aim: This study aims to assess the association between ‘once had a thyroid disease’ and the
odds of kidney stones.
Methods: Adult participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
(NHANES) 2007-2018 with reliable kidney stone and thyroid disease data were included. Adjusting
for age, gender, race, education level, and marital status, diabetes, hypertension, gout,
angina pectoris, stroke, and asthma, logistic regression was used to examine the relationship
between kidney stones and thyroid illness.
Results: Using stratified analysis, the association between thyroid illness and kidney stones was
investigated further. Among the participants, 4.9% had kidney stones, and 10.1% had thyroid
disease. Kidney stone was associated with thyroid disease (OR=1.441, (95% CI:1.294-1.604), p
<0.01), which remained significant (OR=1.166, (95% CI:1.041-1.305), p <0.01) after adjustments
with age, gender, race, education level and marital status, diabetes, hypertension, gout,
angina pectoris, stroke, and asthma. Stratified by blood lead, blood cadmium, and blood urea
nitrogen levels in the human body, the odds of kidney stones still increased with once having a
previous thyroid disease.
Conclusions: In this large nationally representative survey over 10 years, kidney stone was
strongly associated with thyroid disease. In this cross-sectional study, we explored the association
between thyroid disease and kidney stones, which may help clinicians intervene in them
early.
