Soda and Other Beverages and the Risk of Kidney Stones

Not all fluids may be equally beneficial for reducing the risk of kidney stones. In particular, it is not clear whether sugar and artificially sweetened soda increase the risk. We prospectively analyzed the association between intake of several types of beverages and incidence of kidney stones in th...

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Published in:Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2013-08, Vol.8 (8), p.1389-1395
Main Authors: Ferraro, Pietro Manuel, Taylor, Eric N, Gambaro, Giovanni, Curhan, Gary C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Beverages - adverse effects
Cohort Studies
Humans
Kidney Calculi - etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Original
Risk Factors
Sweetening Agents - adverse effects
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Summary:Not all fluids may be equally beneficial for reducing the risk of kidney stones. In particular, it is not clear whether sugar and artificially sweetened soda increase the risk. We prospectively analyzed the association between intake of several types of beverages and incidence of kidney stones in three large ongoing cohort studies. Information on consumption of beverages and development of kidney stones was collected by validated questionnaires. The analysis involved 194,095 participants; over a median follow-up of more than 8 years, 4462 incident cases occurred. There was a 23% higher risk of developing kidney stones in the highest category of consumption of sugar-sweetened cola compared with the lowest category (P for trend=0.02) and a 33% higher risk of developing kidney stones for sugar-sweetened noncola (P for trend=0.003); there was a marginally significant higher risk of developing kidney stones for artificially sweetened noncola (P for trend=0.05). Also, there was an 18% higher risk for punch (P for trend=0.04) and lower risks of 26% for caffeinated coffee (P for trend
ISSN:1555-9041
1555-905X
DOI:10.2215/CJN.11661112