TY - JOUR ID - TI - The effect of sex difference on compositions of urinary calculi AU - Abdul Razzak Al-Salman AU - Suher Z.Saead AU - Suaad L. Al-Mossawi PY - 2007 VL - 4 IS - 3-4 SP - 307 EP - 315 JO - Medical Journal of Babylon مجلة بابل الطبية SN - 1812156X 23126760 AB - To evaluate the effect of sex on the quantitative analysis of urinary calculi, fifty-two calculi were enrolled in this study. Calculi obtained from 52 patients (age 13—55 years)were divided according to the sex of patients. There were 14 urinary calculi isolated from females and 38 were isolated from males. The calculi were subjected to quantitative analysis and sought for calcium, uric acid, phosphorus, oxalate, magnesium, and ammonium ion contents. Significant (p<0.05) elevation of oxalate percentage was indicated in calculi of females when compared with that of males. Calcium oxalate calculi were demonstrated to be the most common produced in females while calcium phosphate calculi were predominated in males.

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