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. 2025 Feb;19(2):58-60.
doi: 10.5489/cuaj.8935.

Trends in kidney stone prevalence among U.S. adults A concerning contemporary gender analysis from the NHANES database

Kelven W Chen  1   2 , Malek Meskawi  1 , Larry E Miller  3 , Samir Bhattacharyya  4 , Thomas Tailly  5 , Ben H Chew  6 , Naeem Bhojani  1
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Trends in kidney stone prevalence among U.S. adults A concerning contemporary gender analysis from the NHANES database

Kelven W Chen et al. Can Urol Assoc J. 2025 Feb.
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COMPETING INTERESTS: Dr. Miller reports consultancy with Boston Scientific. Dr. Bhattacharyya reports employment with Boston Scientific. Dr. Tailly reports consultancy with Boston Scientific. Dr. Chew reports consultancy with Boston Scientific. Dr. Bhojani reports consultancy with Boston Scientific. The remaining authors do not report any competing personal or financial interests related to this work.

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Trends in kidney stone prevalence in U.S. adults: A) among all participants; B) by age group; C) by sex; and D) by race/ethnicity. Plotted values are percentage (standard error).
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