Mediterranean diet adherence and risk of incident kidney stones.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diet plays an important role in kidney stone formation. Several individual components have been associated with the risk of kidney stone formation, but there is limited evidence regarding the role of healthful dietary patterns.

Objective

To prospectively study the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the risk of incident kidney stones.

Methods

We conducted a longitudinal study using 3 different cohorts: the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (n = 42,902 men), the Nurses' Health Study I (n = 59,994 women), and the Nurses' Health Study II (n = 90,631 women). We assessed diet every 4 y using an FFQ and calculated adherence to a Mediterranean diet using the alternate Mediterranean diet score (aMED). A subgroup of 6077 participants provi

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8287951 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature