Xingmo Dong, Lihua Liao, Yani Wang, Xueqin Lin, Weihua Chen, Huaijing Luo, Yi Yi, Dewen Zhong, Haifeng Wang, Zecong Ma, Yongfei Liu, Ying Liao
PURPOSE: The incidence of kidney stone disease has increased worldwide, resulting in high medical costs and social burden. Kidney stone disease shares some common features with the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). We investigated the association between cardiovascular health (CVH) based on the Life's Essential 8 (LE8) score developed by the American Heart Association and the incidence of kidney stone disease. METHODS: We analyzed the data of 29,469 US adults aged 20 years or above from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2018...
March 27, 2024: World Journal of Urology