Calculated insulin resistance correlates with stone-forming urinary metabolic changes and greater stone burden in high-risk stone patients.
Tran TY, Flynn M, O'Bell J, Pareek G. Calculated insulin resistance correlates with stone-forming urinary metabolic changes and greater stone burden in high-risk stone patients. Clinical Nephrology 2016, 85: 316-20. PMID: 27125629, DOI: 10.5414/cn108832.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGreater stone burdenLow urine pHInsulin resistanceStone burdenUrinary metabolic changesMetabolic syndromeInsulin levelsUrine pHUrine samplesMetabolic changesHigh urine calciumInsulin resistance correlatesInsulin resistance valuesHomeostasis model assessmentLithogenic changesUrine calciumHOMA-IRMetabolic workupStone patientsMetabolic therapyPatientsMaximal diameterModel assessmentDisease preventionBurden