Comparison of urinary proteins in calcium stone formers and healthy individuals: a case-control study.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:This study aimed at comparing the urinary protein levels in calcium stone formers with those of healthy individuals. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From January 2002 until June 2004, 100 calcium stone formers (mean age 38.6 +/- 10.3 years), who had at least two episodes of calcium stone formation, were compared with 100 healthy individuals (mean age 33.8 +/- 9.7 years). Their 24-hour urinary protein levels, using SDS-PAGE, were measured. RESULTS:The mean 24-hour urinary Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP) levels were 3.3 +/- 0.8 mg in the case group and 4.6 +/- 1.9 mg in the controls, and the difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.53). However, the THP levels in individuals with and without bacteriuria were significantly different (15.8 +/- 3.3 mg vs. 2.6 +/- 1.0 mg, p = 0.0001). The mean 24-hour urinary albumin concentrations were 163.31 +/- 15.1 mg in the case group and 74.26 +/- 4.6 mg in the controls. The mean 24-hour urinary transferrin levels were 8.09 +/- 2.7 mg in the case group and 0.40 +/- 0.3 mg in the controls. The differences were statistically significant for both albumin and transferrin (p < 0.0001 and p = 0.0063, respectively). There were no significant differences in any other mean urinary protein concentrations between cases and controls. CONCLUSIONS:The THP level in the urine of stone formers is not quantitatively different from that of healthy individuals, but it increases in association with bacteriuria. Albumin and transferrin may play a presumptive role in stone formation.

journal_name

Urol Int

journal_title

Urologia internationalis

authors

Pourmand G,Nasseh H,Sarrafnejad A,Mojtahedi A,Mehrsai A,Alamdari DH,Nourijelyani K

doi

10.1159/000090882

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-01-01 00:00:00

pages

163-8

issue

2

eissn

0042-1138

issn

1423-0399

pii

90882

journal_volume

76

pub_type

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