Hippuric Acid as a Significant Regulator of Supersaturation in Calcium Oxalate Lithiasis: The Physiological Evidence

Table 1

Urinary excretion of inorganic components and some trace elements in patients with CaOX calculosis.

	Data, according [17]	Controls mMol/24 h	Stone-formers mMol/24 h	𝑃
Calcium	2.5–7.5	3.9±1.9	5.6±2.1	𝑃<0.05
Oxalate	0.45	0.3±0.17	0.46±0.25	𝑃<0.001
Phosphorous	10.9–32.3	15.0±10.4	19.2±9.2	𝑃<0.05
Uric acid	1.19–4.16	1.9±0.7	2.3±1.5	𝑃<0.05
Creatinine	♂ 8.8–17.6; ♀ 5.3–13.2	10.4±5.2	11.8±6.1	𝑃<0.05
Magnesium	7.1–11.7	5.1±1.9	3.9±0.9	𝑃<0.05
Volume, mL	1000±1500	1490±350	1050±300	𝑃<0.001
pH	6.0–6.1	6.0 ± 0.4	6.1 ± 0.3	NS

(𝑃): statistically different from controls.