ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY STONES SEVERITY WITH DIABETES MELLITUS, FATNESS & HYPERTENSION

Objective: The purpose of this research work is to interrogate the association between the availability of kidney stones with BMI, DM & HT (hypertension). Methodology: Five hundred and seventy-four patients were the part of this research work. Past history of the kidney stones was not present in any patient. Total one hundred and twenty-one patients diagnosed with the presence of kidney stones with the evaluation of ultrasound & four hundred and fifty-three patients without stones compared with respect to body mass index, hypertension & diabetes mellitus. The burden of one hundred and twenty-one patients with stones also compared with similar variables. Results: Out of 121 kidney stone’s patient, 24.70% (n: 30) were available with hypertension, while 14.50% (n: 66) out of 453 without stone patients were present with hypertension. The values of body mass index in the patient with and without kidney stones were 27.20±4.930 kg/m2 & 25.290±4.120 kg/m2 correspondingly. Total 20.60% (n: 25) patients with kidney stones were available with diabetes mellitus whereas 10.8% (n: 49) patients without stones were available with diabetes mellitus. Analysis of logistic regression showed in the comparison of the patients of both groups that diabetes mellitus & body mass index has an association with the presence of the kidney stones. There was no important association among the similar variables and CSD (Cumulative Stone Diameter) and the surface area of stones assessed for the stone burden. Conclusions: DM, HT and high BMI may add the risk factors for the possibility of the formation of the kidney stones but they were not affecting the burden of the stones. KEY WORDS: Kidney, Ultrasound, Hypertension, Association, Cumulative, Diabetes, Mellitus, Cumulative Stone Diameter