Renal Stones and Coronary Heart Disease

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Abstract
The relationship between risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) and renal stone disease was studied in a population of > 2000 middle-aged men in Uppsala, Sweden. The only positive association found was a slight increase in diastolic BP [blood pressure] among stone formers and a higher stone prevalence in untreated hypertensives. The prevalence of a history of renal stones in male survivors of myocardial infarction (MI) was similar to that found in the population study. An investigation of the vitamin D intake by a dietary questionnaire revealed no differences between store formers, healthy controls and MI survivors. The risk factor profile for CHD in stone formers apparently is similar to that in the general population.