Prevalence of hypercalciuria and urinary calcium excretion in school aged children in the province of Tokat      
Yazarlar (11)
Prof. Dr. Ali GÜL Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Samet Özer
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Resul Yılmaz
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ergün Sönmezgöz
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Tuba KASAP Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Şahin Takcı
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Erhan KARAASLAN Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Yalçın Önder
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Rıza ÇITIL Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
İlknur Bütün
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Osman DEMİR Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü Ulusal alan endekslerinde (TR Dizin, ULAKBİM) yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı TURK PEDIATRI ARSIVI-TURKISH ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS
Dergi ISSN 1306-0015
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler TR DİZİN
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 12-2016
Cilt No 51
Sayı 4
Sayfalar 193 / 197
DOI Numarası 10.5152/TurkPediatriArs.2016.4162
Makale Linki https://www.turkarchpediatr.org/
Özet
Hypercalciuria is an important cause of urinary tract symptoms, and also frequently results in urolithiasis. Urinary calcium excretion varies for geographic areas. We aimed to assess percentiles of urinary calcium excretion and prevalence of hypercalciuria for school-aged children in Tokat (city located in inner northern region of Turkey). One thousand three hundred seventy-five children aged 6 to 18 years were enrolled in the study. Urine samples were obtained randomly. The children's variables as sex, age, length, and weight were recorded. Urinary calcium and creatinine determined from the urine samples and urinary calcium/creatinine ratios (mg/mg) were calculated. Percentiles of urinary calcium/creatinine ratios were also assessed for each age of the children. Six hundred eighty-three of the 1 375 children were girls and 692 were boys. The mean age of the children was 11.68±3.43 years. Some 23.9% of the children were living in rural regions and 76.1% were were living in urban regions. The mean urinary calcium/creatinine ratio was 0.080±0.24 and the 95th percentile value of the urinary calcium/creatinine ratio was 0.278. The hypercalciuria prevalence for school-aged children was 4.7% when the urinary calcium/creatinine ratio value for hypercalciuria was accepted as ≥0.21. The prevalence of hypercalciuria in rural and urban regions was 7.60% and 3.82%, respectively (p<0.05). Hypercalciuria was present in 7 of 141 patients who were obese (4.96%) and 58 of 1 234 patients who were not obese (4.70%) (p>0.05). The prevalence of hypercalciuria and urinary calcium excretion vary for different geographic areas, not only for countries. The percentiles of urinary calcium excretion should be assesed for every geographic region and the prevalance of hypercalciuria should be determined with these values. There is controversy as to whether obesity is a risk factor for hypercalciuria.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Calcium creatinine ratio | children | hypercalciuria | obesity | urinary calcium excretion