Research Article

A Specific Urinary Amino Acid Profile Characterizes People with Kidney Stones

Table 1

Main characteristics of people involved in the study, according to the presence of urolithiasis.

CNT ()SF ()

Male (n (%))4 (47)9 (60)
Age32 (21-56)57 (30-70)
BMI (kg/m2)20.9 (17.6-26.0)25.1 (21.3-36.3)

Data are expressed as median (min-max value) for continuous variables and count (%) for categorical ones. Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; CNT: controls; SF: stone formers.