Next Article in Journal
Lactational Stage of Pasteurized Human Donor Milk Contributes to Nutrient Limitations for Infants
Next Article in Special Issue
Prevalence and Determinants of Suboptimal Vitamin D Levels in a Multiethnic Asian Population
Previous Article in Journal
Inhibition of Neoplastic Transformation and Chemically-Induced Skin Hyperplasia in Mice by Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formula Si-Wu-Tang
Previous Article in Special Issue
Serum Parathyroid Hormone Responses to Vitamin D Supplementation in Overweight/Obese Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials
 
 
Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation / Email
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
 
Journals
Nutrients
Volume 9
Issue 3
10.3390/nu9030301
nutrients-logo
Submit to this Journal Review for this Journal Propose a Special Issue
► Article Menu

Article Menu

share Share announcement Help format_quote Cite question_answer Discuss in SciProfiles thumb_up
...
Endorse textsms
...
Comment
first_page
settings
Order Article Reprints
Font Type:
Arial Georgia Verdana
Font Size:
Aa Aa Aa
Line Spacing:
Column Width:
Background:
Review

Association between Circulating Vitamin D Level and Urolithiasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

by
Henglong Hu
,
Jiaqiao Zhang
,
Yuchao Lu
,
Zongbiao Zhang
,
Baolong Qin
,
Hongbin Gao
,
Yufeng Wang
,
Jianning Zhu
,
Qing Wang
,
Yunpeng Zhu
,
Yang Xun
and
Shaogang Wang
*
Department and Institute of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan 430030, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Nutrients 2017, 9(3), 301; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9030301
Submission received: 5 February 2017 / Revised: 27 February 2017 / Accepted: 16 March 2017 / Published: 18 March 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vitamin D: Current Issues and New Perspectives)
Browse Figures
Versions Notes

Abstract

:
Many studies compared the serum/plasma 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D) and 25 hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D) between people with and without nephrolithiasis, and their results were conflicting. After systematically searching PubMed, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, and the Wanfang Database, we conducted a meta-analysis. Thirty-two observational studies involving 23,228 participants were included. Meta-analysis of these studies showed that of stone formers (SFs), calcium SFs had significantly higher concentrations of 1,25(OH)2D (weighted mean difference (WMD), 10.19 pg/mL; 95% confidence interval (CI), 4.31–16.07; p = 0.0007 and WMD, 11.28 pg/mL; 95% CI, 4.07–18.50; p = 0.002, respectively) than non-stone formers, while the levels of 25(OH)D (WMD, 0.88 ng/mL; 95% CI, −1.04–2.80; p = 0.37 and WMD, −0.63 ng/mL; 95% CI, −2.72–1.47; p = 0.56, respectively) are similar. Compared with controls and normocalciuria SFs, hypercalciuria SFs had increased circulating 1,25(OH)2D (WMD, 9.41 pg/mL; 95% CI, 0.15–18.67; p = 0.05 and WMD, 2.75 pg/mL; 95% CI, −0.20–5.69; p = 0.07, respectively) and markedly higher 25(OH)D (WMD, 5.02 ng/mL; 95% CI, 0.99–9.06; p = 0.01 and WMD, 5.02 ng/mL; 95% CI, 2.14–7.90; p = 0.0006, respectively). Normocalciuria SFs had elevated 1,25(OH)2D level (WMD, 6.85 pg/mL; 95% CI, −5.00–18.71; p = 0.26) and comparable 25(OH)D (WMD, 0.94 ng/mL; 95% CI, −3.55–5.43; p = 0.68). Sensitivity analysis generated similar results. Current evidence suggests that increased circulating 1,25(OH)2D is associated with urinary stones and a higher level of circulating 25(OH)D is significantly associated with hypercalciuria urolithiasis. Further studies are still needed to reconfirm and clarify the role of vitamin D in the pathogenesis of stones.

1. Introduction

Urolithiasis is a common and recurring disease. The lifetime risk of renal stone disease is about 11% for men and 7% for women, and it tends to increase with changes in diet and climate globally [1]. In addition to high prevalence, it also has a recurrence rate as high as 50% at five years and 80%–90% at 10 years, respectively [2]. Although no data are available for China, medical care costs for urolithiasis were estimated to be $3.79 billion spent in the United States in 2007, and it will increase to $4.57 billion by 2030 due to the growth of the population and prevalence [3]. In addition to the economic burden, stones may result in hydronephrosis and life-threatening conditions, such as pyonephrosis and end-stage renal failure [4,5]. Although many minimally-invasive treatment procedures, such as extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, and ureteroscopy, have emerged for the treatment of renal and ureteral stones, all of these methods focus on the stone itself rather than “stone disease” [6,7]. Therefore, further investigation and clarification of the pathogenesis of nephrolithiasis are high priorities for the development and improvement of medical therapy and prevention.
Calcium is the most frequent component of urinary calculi and is the major constituent of nearly 75% of stones [8]. Hypercalciuria is the most common abnormality identified in calcium stone formers (SFs) [8]. Common calcium stones may originate from Randall’s plaques which can serve as anchors for stone growth [9]. Randall’s plaques are composed of calcium and phosphorus [8,9]. Vitamin D, a necessary hormone and nutrient for human, is the key regulator of calcium and phosphorus metabolism. Therefore, its major circulating metabolite, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D), and the active form, 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D), are thought to play an important role in stone formation. Many studies have investigated the association between serum/plasma vitamin D and nephrolithiasis, however, their results are not consistent [10,11]. Therefore, we performed this systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the difference of serum/plasma 1,25(OH)2D and 25(OH)D levels between SFs and non-stone formers (non-SFs). In addition, we compared the circulating vitamin D concentrations of hypercalciuria and normocalciuria SFs with that of controls.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Literature Search and Study Selection

The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement was followed by our study [12]. PubMed, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, and the Wanfang Database were systematically searched to identify relevant studies reporting the relationship between nephrolithiasis and circulating vitamin D. The search was performed on 31 December 2016. The initial search process was designed to find all relevant published original articles without limitation by year or language. Detailed search terms were: (stone* OR calculi OR calculus OR urolithiasis OR nephrolithiasis) AND (Calcitriol OR Cholecalciferol OR “vitamin D*” OR “1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D*” OR “1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol” OR “1,25-(OH)2D3” OR “1,25(OH)2D3” OR “25-Hydroxyvitamin D” OR 25-hydroxycholecalciferol OR 25-(OH)D3 OR 25(OH)D3). Two authors (Henglong Hu and Jiaqiao Zhang) independently screened all of the citations returned from the search strategy to identify potentially eligible studies. Studies comparing the circulating vitamin D between SFs and healthy controls or between different type of SFs were screened further. Conference abstracts were not included, as they were deemed methodologically inappropriate. Disagreements were resolved through discussions. If disagreement persists, a third investigator (Shaogang Wang) will be consulted to attain consensus.

2.2. Data Extraction and Study Quality Assessment

The following information from each eligible study will be extracted and entered into a pre-designed data extraction form by two investigators (Yunpeng Zhu and Yang Xun) independently: publication year and journal, authors, countries, study design, study period, sample size, participants’ characteristics (age, gender), vitamin D types, measurement methods, means, and standard deviations of 1,25(OH)2D and/or 25(OH)D, and the units. Disagreements between the two authors will be resolved by rechecking the article and discussion. If disagreement persists, a third investigator (Shaogang Wang) will be consulted to attain consensus. The methodological quality of each study was evaluated by the two authors mentioned above using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for non-randomized controlled trials [13]. Possible publication bias was assessed using funnel plots of the outcome comparisons.

2.3. Data Processing and Statistical Analysis

To reduce heterogeneity and make it easier to describe and understand, serum/plasma 1,25(OH)2D levels provided not in pg/mL were converted to that and serum/plasma 25(OH)D levels provided in other units of measurement were converted to ng/mL. If the standard error of the mean rather than standard deviation is provided, then the standard deviation would be calculated by multiplying the standard error of the mean by the square of sample size. Combined means or standard deviations were calculated following the method described in the Cochrane Handbook [14]. For studies presenting continuous data as means and range, standard deviations were calculated using the methodology proposed by Hozo et al. as previously described [15,16,17]. The meta-analysis was performed using Review Manager Software V.5.3 (RevMan V.5.3, The Cochrane Collaboration, Oxford, UK). The weighted mean difference (WMD) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used as the summary statistics for continuous variables. Heterogeneity among studies was evaluated by chi-square test and I2 statistics. Moreover, the pooled estimates were calculated with the fixed-effect model if no significant heterogeneity was detected; otherwise, the random-effect model was used. The pooled effects were determined by the z test. A p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Funnel plots assessing publication bias were generated using RevMan v.5.3. Additionally, a sensitivity analysis was performed by pooling only studies with a relatively high score (scored 8 and 9) of Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.

3. Results

3.1. Literature Search and Study Selection

The literature search and study selection process are depicted in Figure 1a. Electronic searches revealed 1061 articles. After screening of titles and abstracts, we considered 55 that were relevant to our purpose and, therefore, we retrieved the full-text articles, but four studies had only abstracts available. After full-text analysis, another 19 studies were excluded for the following reasons: 14 had no control group and no useful data, three did not provide standard deviations, and two reported duplicate data. Finally, 32 studies fulfilled our eligibility criteria and were enrolled in the meta-analysis [10,11,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47].

3.2. Systematic Reviews of Included Studies

Table 1 summarizes characteristics of the eligible studies published from 1977 to 2016. Seven of the studies were conducted in the USA, three in Canada, three in Italy, two in France, two in Iran, two in Spain, two in Sweden, two in Turkey, and one each in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Pakistan, and Switzerland. All studies were observational and two were cohort studies [44,46]. Most studies clearly demonstrated that they ruled out hyperparathyroidism and/or renal tubule acidosis [10,11,18,19,22,26,27,29,33,34,36,43], some also excluded patients using calcium and/or vitamin D [18,26,29,35,39,42]. Seventeen studies described their criteria of hypercalciuria and they were not consistent [18,19,20,22,24,26,28,29,32,35,36,37,38,42,43,45], twelve of which defined hypercalciuria as urinary calcium excretion of more than 300 mg/24 h for men and 250 mg for women or 4 mg/kg/day [19,23,26,28,29,32,35,36,38,42,43]. The subjects were on a free or normal calcium diet in some studies [10,11,19,21,22,26,28,29,32,35,36,39,43], while restricted calcium diets were adopted in some others [24,27,31,33,34,38]. Nineteen of the included trials only tested serum/plasma 1,25(OH)2D [19,20,22,24,26,27,28,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,42,43], six only assessed 25(OH)D [18,25,40,41,44,47], and the others evaluated the two metabolites at the same time [10,11,21,22,29,45,46]. The most commonly used measurement method for 1,25(OH)2D and 25(OH)D was radioimmunoassay. Twenty studies were rated as being relatively high in quality according to the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale [18,19,21,23,24,27,28,29,30,33,35,37,38,39,40,42,43,45,46,47]. The other 12 were scored as 6 or 7, mainly due to some important baseline characteristics of the groups, such as age, sex, and/or use of vitamin D were not well matched or clearly reported [10,11,20,22,25,26,31,32,34,36,41,44]. Additionally, a sensitivity analysis was conducted in order to detect and rule out any potential bias associated with the effects of such studies on the results as a whole. We also analyzed the possible publication bias by generating funnel plots of all of the evaluated comparisons. As an example, Figure 1b represents the funnel plot of the comparison of 1,25(OH)2D between stone and control group. As well as the other nine funnel plots presented in Figure S1, it does not show an obvious asymmetry; in other words, suggesting that publication bias was not significant (Figure 1b).

3.3. Meta-Analysis Results

Pooling the data from 23 studies that assessed serum/plasma 1,25(OH)2D status revealed SFs had a significantly higher level of 1,25(OH)2D (WMD, 10.19 pg/mL; 95% CI, 4.31–16.07; p = 0.0007; Figure 2a) than controls. Further analysis demonstrated that, compared to non-SFs, calcium stone patients and hypercalciuria stone patients had increased concentrations of 1,25(OH)2D (WMD, 11.28 pg/mL; 95% CI, 4.07–18.50; p = 0.002 and WMD, 9.41 pg/mL; 95% CI, 0.15–18.67; p = 0.05, respectively). The circulating 1,25(OH)2D in hypercalciuria SFs tended to be higher than that of normocalciuria ones, while not reaching significance (WMD, 2.75 pg/mL; 95% CI, −0.20–5.69; p = 0.07). Normocalciuria SFs had elevated 1,25(OH)2D levels than the control subjects, but the difference was not significant (WMD, 6.85 pg/mL; 95% CI, −5.00–18.71; p = 0.26).
Figure 3 shows the meta-analysis results of studies evaluating 25(OH)D levels. Meta-analysis of these studies showed that stone patients, calcium stone patients and normocalciuria SFs had similar serum/plasma 25(OH)D concentration with controls (WMD, 0.88 ng/mL, 95% CI, −1.04–2.80, p = 0.37; WMD, −0.63 ng/mL, 95% CI, −2.72–1.47, p = 0.56; WMD, 0.94 ng/mL, 95% CI, −3.55–5.43, p = 0.68, respectively). However, compared with non-SFs and normocalciuria stone patients, hypercalciuria SFs had markedly higher level of circulating 25(OH)D (WMD, 5.02 ng/mL; 95% CI, 0.99–9.06; p = 0.01 and WMD, 5.02 ng/mL; 95% CI, 2.14–7.90; p = 0.0006, respectively).

3.4. Sensitivity Analysis

Further sensitivity analysis was performed by removing studies scoring lower than 8 according to Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. As showed in Table 2, sensitivity analyses generated comparable results and suggested that the results of this meta-analysis were relatively stable and reliable. It is notable that the circulating 1,25(OH)2D of hypercalciuria SFs becomes significantly higher than that of the controls.

4. Discussion

Urolithiasis, an old disease, continues to be a major cause of kidney function loss and creates a significant burden on our public health system. Although many medical or surgical treatment methods have been developed, a necessary step to improve preventive and treatment outcomes is better understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis. Many systemic diseases, such as primary hyperparathyroidism, bowel disease and renal tubular acidosis, can cause the formation of calcium stones, but the majority of SFs are found to be with no systemic illness and they are called idiopathic SFs [48]. This study was mainly focused on these patients.
Through a comprehensive meta-analysis, our results demonstrate that, compared to control subjects, urinary stone patients and calcium SFs have significantly higher 1,25(OH)2D concentrations while having similar 25(OH)D serum/plasma values. Although 25(OH)D is the major vitamin D circulating metabolite, 1,25(OH)2D is known to be the most important metabolite in regulating calcium and phosphorus metabolism and bone resorption. Calcium regulates a wide range of biological processes and the main constitution of bone. These findings suggest that 1,25(OH)2D might be an important intrinsic factor in stones, especially calcium stone formation.
Many idiopathic SFs have metabolic abnormalities that can be detected by 24 h urinalysis, but are not considered to be systemic diseases [48]. Hypercalciuria is the most common metabolic abnormality in patients with urolithiasis and the principal correlates of Randall’s plaque coverage [8,48,49]. One prerequisite for calcium oxalate overgrowth on Randall’s plaque is calcium oxalate supersaturation, which is also strongly linked to hypercalciuria. Subgroup meta-analyses were implemented to further clarify the potential relationship between hypercalciuria and vitamin D. Strikingly, the results demonstrated elevated circulating 1,25(OH)2D and 25(OH)D levels in hypercalciuria SFs than controls and normocalciuria SFs. This can be partly explained by the role of vitamin D in promoting intestinal absorption of calcium and bone reabsorption. Further analysis also found that 1,25(OH)2D levels were higher in normocalciuria stone patients than controls, but failed to reach significance (WMD, 6.85 pg/mL; 95% CI, −5.00–18.71, p = 0.26; p = 0.12 in the sensitivity analysis). The p value was relatively small and it further decreased in the sensitivity analysis, which suggests that the association between increased 1,25(OH)2D and normocalciuria stones may not be as tight as between higher 1,25(OH)2D concentrations and hypercalciuria stones. However, this still needs additional large volume studies to confirm. Similarly, normocalciuria SFs had comparable serum/plasma concentration of 25(OH)D with controls (WMD, 0.94 ng/mL, 95% CI, −3.55–5.43, p = 0.68; p = 0.94 in the sensitivity analysis).
Urolithiasis is a multifactorial disease and both genetic and environmental factors have effects on its onset and severity. Among these factors, the vitamin D signaling pathway plays an important role. Recent evidence has identified loss of function mutations in CYP24A1, encoding the vitamin D-24-hydroxylase which regulates the catabolism of 1,25(OH)2D, can result in high circulating levels of 1,25(OH)2D, hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria, and nephrolithiasis in humans [50]. Our, and other team’s, studies using genetic hypercalciuric stone-forming rats showed that vitamin D could take part in the pathogenesis of urolithiasis [51,52,53]. Vitamin D receptor knockdown in genetic hypercalciuric rats reduced calcium phosphate deposits in the kidneys [52]. A recent meta-analysis displayed a significant contribution of vitamin D receptor polymorphisms to urolithiasis risk [54]. Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms may influence vitamin D function, as well as its serum levels. In addition to the above, supplementation of vitamin D in humans and rats can induce hypercalciuria, renal calcification, and/or renal stones [55,56].
A recent meta-analysis evaluating the association between serum vitamin D levels and the risk of kidney stone was performed by Wang et al. [57]. Although the meta-analysis also showed that serum vitamin D levels in kidney stone patients were significantly higher than that in non-kidney stone controls, several limitations or mistakes existed, and these would make the results unconvincing. First, and the most importantly, two included studies only consisted of stone patients and some stone patients were mistakenly regarded as healthy controls. Second, the meta-analysis pooled 1,25(OH)2D and 25(OH)D indiscriminately. This seems inappropriate and would increase the bias. Third, this meta-analysis only included seven articles involving 451 kidney stone cases and 482 controls, which is much less than ours. Moreover, some values in the analysis were not accurate and, on some occasions, the standard error was taken as standard deviation.
The inclusion of large number of cases in this meta-analysis provided us with sufficient power to detect the association between increased circulating 1,25(OH)2D and urolithiasis. The results also provide some implications for the research of vitamin D supplementation. Although Reid and colleagues’ study challenged the role of vitamin D supplementation in improving bone mineral density [58,59], supplementation of vitamin D has many beneficial effects [60,61,62,63]. However, many doctors and patients are concerned about whether vitamin D repletion will increase the risk of urolithiasis, especially in SFs [64]. A recent systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrated that long-term vitamin D supplementation resulted in increased risks of hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria, but did not increase risk of kidney stones [55]. A randomized controlled trial conducted in 21 SFs found that high-dose and low-dose vitamin D supplementation had no effect on urine calcium excretion or the supersaturation of calcium salts [65]. However, the results still need further confirmation by large randomized controlled trials.
However, several limitations also exist in our analysis. First, the number of recruited patients in some studies was relatively small. However, the complete analysis of 32 different studies and the stable results from sensitivity analysis strengthen our conclusion. Second, meta-analyses of cross-sectional studies cannot be used for establishing a causative link, but this study provides reliable evidence for the association between 1,25(OH)2D and nephrolithiasis. Third, the heterogeneity of the included studies is high and it may be due to the differences in ethnicity, participant ages, measurement methods, measurement seasons, vitamin D supplementations, and hypercalciuria definitions. We used the random model to minimize the effect. Finally, we are unable to use these results to suggest specific pathogenesis and treatment strategies due to limited information.

5. Conclusions

The current evidence demonstrated that, compared to control subjects, patients with urinary stone, calcium stones had significantly higher levels of 1,25(OH)2D, while having similar concentration of 25(OH)D. The circulating concentrations of 1,25(OH)2D and 25(OH)D were higher in hypercalciuria stone patients than controls and normocalciuria stone patients. Normocalciuria stone patients and controls have comparable levels of 25(OH)D. These results suggest that increased circulating 1,25(OH)2D is associated with urinary stones and a higher level of circulating 25(OH)D is significantly associated with hypercalciuria urolithiasis. Further studies are still needed to reconfirm and clarify the role of vitamin D in the pathogenesis of stones, thus, bringing about new approaches for prevention and treatment of this disease.

Supplementary Materials

The following are available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/9/3/301/s1, Figure S1: Funnel plots of comparisons.

Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81570631).

Author Contributions

Henglong Hu, Yuchao Lu, and Shaogang Wang conceived and designed the experiments; Henglong Hu, Jiaqiao Zhang, and Qing Wang performed the experiments; Yunpeng Zhu and Yang Xun collected and analyzed the data; Zongbiao Zhang, Hongbin Gao, and Jianning Zhu contributed analysis tools and descriptions of results; Henglong Hu, Baolong Qin, and Yufeng Wang wrote and revised the paper.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest. The founding sponsors had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to publish the results.

References

  1. Scales, C.D.; Smith, A.C.; Hanley, J.M.; Saigal, C.S. Prevalence of kidney stones in the United States. Eur. Urol. 2012, 62, 160–165. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  2. Skolarikos, A.; Straub, M.; Knoll, T.; Sarica, K.; Seitz, C.; Petrik, A.; Turk, C. Metabolic evaluation and recurrence prevention for urinary stone patients: Eau guidelines. Eur. Urol. 2015, 67, 750–763. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  3. Antonelli, J.A.; Maalouf, N.M.; Pearle, M.S.; Lotan, Y. Use of the national health and nutrition examination survey to calculate the impact of obesity and diabetes on cost and prevalence of urolithiasis in 2030. Eur. Urol. 2014, 66, 724–729. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  4. Sigurjonsdottir, V.K.; Runolfsdottir, H.L.; Indridason, O.S.; Palsson, R.; Edvardsson, V.O. Impact of nephrolithiasis on kidney function. BMC Nephrol. 2015, 16, 149. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Green Version]
  5. Alexander, R.T.; Hemmelgarn, B.R.; Wiebe, N.; Bello, A.; Morgan, C.; Samuel, S.; Klarenbach, S.W.; Curhan, G.C.; Tonelli, M.A. Kidney stones and kidney function loss: A cohort study. Br. Med. J. 2012, 345, e5287. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  6. Turk, C.; Petrik, A.; Sarica, K.; Seitz, C.; Skolarikos, A.; Straub, M.; Knoll, T. Eau guidelines on interventional treatment for urolithiasis. Eur. Urol. 2016, 69, 475–482. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  7. Hu, H.; Lu, Y.; He, D.; Cui, L.; Zhang, J.; Zhao, Z.; Qin, B.; Wang, Y.; Lin, F.; Wang, S. Comparison of minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy and flexible ureteroscopy for the treatment of intermediate proximal ureteral and renal stones in the elderly. Urolithiasis 2016, 44, 427–434. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  8. Pearle, M.S.; Antonelli, J.A.; Lotan, Y. Urinary lithiasis: Etiology, epidemiology, and pathogenesis. In Campbell-Walsh Urology, 11th ed.; Wein, A.J., Kavoussi, L.R., Partin, A.W., Peters, A.C., Eds.; Elsevier: Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2016; Volume 2, pp. 1170–1199. [Google Scholar]
  9. Daudon, M.; Bazin, D.; Letavernier, E. Randall's plaque as the origin of calcium oxalate kidney stones. Urolithiasis 2015, 43, S5–S11. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  10. Gray, R.W.; Wilz, D.R.; Caldas, A.E.; Lemann, J., Jr. The importance of phosphate in regulating plasma 1,25-(OH)2-vitamin D levels in humans: Studies in healthy subjects in calcium-stone formers and in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 1977, 45, 299–306. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  11. Caldas, A.E.; Gray, R.W.; Lemann, J., Jr. The simultaneous measurement of vitamin D metabolites in plasma: Studies in healthy adults and in patients with calcium nephrolithiasis. J. Lab. Clin. Med. 1978, 91, 840–849. [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  12. Moher, D.; Liberati, A.; Tetzlaff, J.; Altman, D.G.; RISMA Group. PPreferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: The prisma statement. PLoS Med. 2009, 6, e1000097. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  13. Wells, G.; Shea, B.; O’Connell, D.; Peterson, J.; Welch, V.; Losos, M.; Tugwell, P. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for Assessing the Quality of Nonrandomised Studies in Meta-Analyses. Available online: Http://www.Ohri.Ca/programs/clinical_epidemiology/oxford.Asp (accessed on 1 January 2017).
  14. Higgins, J.P.T.; Green, S. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions Version 5.1.0 (Updated March 2011). Available online: www.handbook.cochrane.org (accessed on 1 January 2017).
  15. Hozo, S.P.; Djulbegovic, B.; Hozo, I. Estimating the mean and variance from the median, range, and the size of a sample. BMC Med. Res. Methodol. 2005, 5, 13. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Green Version]
  16. Hu, H.; Lu, Y.; Cui, L.; Zhang, J.; Zhao, Z.; Qin, B.; Wang, Y.; Wang, Q.; Wang, S. Impact of previous open renal surgery on the outcomes of subsequent percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A meta-analysis. BMJ Open 2016, 6, e010627. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  17. Hu, H.; Qin, B.; He, D.; Lu, Y.; Zhao, Z.; Zhang, J.; Wang, Y.; Wang, S. Regional versus general anesthesia for percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 2015, 10, e0126587. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  18. Berlin, T.; Bjorkhem, I.; Collste, L.; Holmberg, I.; Wijkstrom, H. Relation between hypercalciuria and vitamin D3-status in patients with urolithiasis. Scand. J. Urol. Nephrol. 1982, 16, 269–273. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  19. D’Amour, P.; Gascon-Barre, M.; Dufresne, L.; Perreault, J.P. Influence of dietary calcium on serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D concentrations in renal stone formers. Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf.) 1984, 21, 549–562. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  20. De Leenheer, A.P.; Bauwens, R.M. Radioimmunoassay for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D in serum or plasma. Clin. Chem. 1985, 31, 142–146. [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  21. Netelenbos, J.C.; Jongen, M.J.; van der Vijgh, W.J.; Lips, P.; van Ginkel, F.C. Vitamin D status in urinary calcium stone formation. Arch. Intern. Med. 1985, 145, 681–684. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  22. Berlin, T.; Holmberg, I.; Bjorkhem, I. High circulating levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 in renal stone formers with hyperabsorptive hypercalciuria. Scand. J. Clin. Lab. Investig. 1986, 46, 367–374. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
  23. Sutton, R.A.; Walker, V.R. Bone resorption and hypercalciuria in calcium stoneformers. Metabolism 1986, 35, 485–488. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
  24. Bataille, P.; Bouillon, R.; Fournier, A.; Renaud, H.; Gueris, J.; Idrissi, A. Increased plasma concentrations of total and free 1,25-(OH)2D3 in calcium stone formers with idiopathic hypercalciuria. Contrib. Nephrol. 1987, 58, 137–142. [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  25. Niazi, M.K.; Khanum, A.; Sheikh, M.A.; Naqvi, S.A. Study of 25-hydroxy vitamin D3, calcium, phosphorus in normal subjects and patients with calculi. J. Pak. Med. Assoc. 1987, 37, 198–199. [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  26. Nunziata, V.; di Giovanni, G.; Giannattasio, R.; Lettera, A.M.; Mancini, M. Recurrent kidney stones: Causes and diagnostic criteria in patients from Campania (Southern Italy). Br. J. Urol. 1991, 68, 125–131. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  27. Wong, S.Y.; Slater, S.R.; Evans, R.A.; Mason, R.; Lancaster, E.K.; Acland, S.M.; Eade, Y.; Hills, E.; Dunstan, C.R. Metabolic studies in kidney stone disease. Q. J. Med. 1992, 82, 247–258. [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  28. Giannini, S.; Nobile, M.; Castrignano, R.; Pati, T.; Tasca, A.; Villi, G.; Pellegrini, F.; D’Angelo, A. Possible link between vitamin D and hyperoxaluria in patients with renal stone disease. Clin. Sci. 1993, 84, 51–54. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  29. Hess, B.; Ackermann, D.; Essig, M.; Takkinen, R.; Jaeger, P. Renal mass and serum calcitriol in male idiopathic calcium renal stone formers: Role of protein intake. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 1995, 80, 1916–1921. [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  30. Jarrar, K.; Amasheh, R.A.; Graef, V.; Weidner, W. Relationship between 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin-D, calcium and uric acid in urinary stone formers. Urol. Int. 1996, 56, 16–20. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  31. Scott, P.; Ouimet, D.; Proulx, Y.; Trouve, M.L.; Guay, G.; Gagnon, B.; Valiquette, L.; Bonnardeaux, A. The 1 alpha-hydroxylase locus is not linked to calcium stone formation or calciuric phenotypes in French-Canadian families. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 1998, 9, 425–432. [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  32. Vezzoli, G.; Caumo, A.; Baragetti, I.; Zerbi, S.; Bellinzoni, P.; Centemero, A.; Rubinacci, A.; Moro, G.; Adamo, D.; Bianchi, G.; et al. Study of calcium metabolism in idiopathic hypercalciuria by strontium oral load test. Clin. Chem. 1999, 45, 257–261. [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  33. Yamakawa, K.; Kawamura, J. Analysis of hypophosphatemia in calcium nephrolithiasis. Mol. Urol. 2000, 4, 365–370. [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  34. Prie, D.; Ravery, V.; Boccon-Gibod, L.; Friedlander, G. Frequency of renal phosphate leak among patients with calcium nephrolithiasis. Kidney Int. 2001, 60, 272–276. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  35. Misael da Silva, A.M.; dos Reis, L.M.; Pereira, R.C.; Futata, E.; Branco-Martins, C.T.; Noronha, I.L.; Wajchemberg, B.L.; Jorgetti, V. Bone involvement in idiopathic hypercalciuria. Clin. Nephrol. 2002, 57, 183–191. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  36. Asplin, J.R.; Bauer, K.A.; Kinder, J.; Muller, G.; Coe, B.J.; Parks, J.H.; Coe, F.L. Bone mineral density and urine calcium excretion among subjects with and without nephrolithiasis. Kidney Int. 2003, 63, 662–669. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  37. Ozkaya, O.; Soylemezoglu, O.; Misirlioglu, M.; Gonen, S.; Buyan, N.; Hasanoglu, E. Polymorphisms in the vitamin d receptor gene and the risk of calcium nephrolithiasis in children. Eur. Urol. 2003, 44, 150–154. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
  38. Moyano, M.J.; de Tejada, M.J.G.; Lozano, R.G.; Moruno, R.; Ortega, R.; Marti, V.; Palencia, R.S.; Miranda, M.J.; Palma, A.; Cano, R.P. Alterations in bone mineral metabolism in patients with calcium kidney stone disease and polymorphism of vitamin D receptor. Preliminary results. Nefrologia 2007, 27, 694–703. [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  39. Shakhssalim, N.; Gilani, K.R.; Parvin, M.; Torbati, P.M.; Kashi, A.H.; Azadvari, M.; Golestan, B.; Basiri, A. An assessment of parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, 1,25 (OH)(2) vitamin D3, estradiol and testosterone in men with active calcium stone disease and evaluation of its biochemical risk factors. Urol. Res. 2011, 39, 1–7. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  40. Fallahzadeh, M.H.; Zare, J.; Al-Hashemi, G.H.; Derakhshan, A.; Basiratnia, M.; Arasteh, M.M.; Fallahzadeh, M.A.; Fallahzadeh, M.K. Elevated serum levels of vitamin D in infants with urolithiasis. Iran. J. Kidney Dis. 2012, 6, 186–191. [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  41. Tang, J.; McFann, K.K.; Chonchol, M.B. Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and nephrolithiasis: The national health and nutrition examination survey III, 1988–1994. Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2012, 27, 4385–4389. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  42. Yilmaz, D.; Sonmez, F.; Yenisey, C.; Girisgen, I. The role of active vitamin D on stone formation and hypercalciuria. Nobel Med. 2013, 9, 88–91. [Google Scholar]
  43. Kim, W.T.; Kim, Y.-J.; Yun, S.J.; Shin, K.-S.; Choi, Y.D.; Lee, S.C.; Kim, W.-J. Role of 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D-3 and parathyroid hormone in urinary calcium excretion in calcium stone formers. Yonsei Med. J. 2014, 55, 1326–1332. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  44. Nguyen, S.; Baggerly, L.; French, C.; Heaney, R.P.; Gorham, E.D.; Garland, C.F. 25-hydroxyvitamin D in the range of 20 to 100 ng/mL and incidence of kidney stones. Am. J. Public Health 2014, 104, 1783–1787. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  45. Ketha, H.; Singh, R.J.; Grebe, S.K.; Bergstralh, E.J.; Rule, A.D.; Lieske, J.C.; Kumar, R. Altered calcium and vitamin D homeostasis in first-time calcium kidney stone-formers. PLoS ONE 2015, 10, e0137350. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  46. Taylor, E.N.; Hoofnagle, A.N.; Curhan, G.C. Calcium and phosphorus regulatory hormones and risk of incident symptomatic kidney stones. Clin. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 2015, 10, 667–675. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  47. Sierra Giron-Prieto, M.; del Carmen Cano-Garcia, M.; Angel Arrabal-Polo, M.; Poyatos-Andujar, A.; Quesada-Charneco, M.; de Haro-Munoz, T.; Arias-Santiago, S.; Arrabal-Martin, M. Analysis of vitamin D deficiency in calcium stone-forming patients. Int. Urol. Nephrol. 2016, 48, 1243–1246. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  48. Coe, F.L.; Worcester, E.M.; Evan, A.P. Idiopathic hypercalciuria and formation of calcium renal stones. Nat. Rev. Nephrol. 2016, 12, 519–533. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  49. Kuo, R.L.; Lingeman, J.E.; Evan, A.P.; Paterson, R.F.; Parks, J.H.; Bledsoe, S.B.; Munch, L.C.; Coe, F.L. Urine calcium and volume predict coverage of renal papilla by randall’s plaque. Kidney Int. 2003, 64, 2150–2154. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  50. Carpenter, T.O. Cyp24a1 loss of function: Clinical phenotype of monoallelic and biallelic mutations. J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 2017. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  51. Xi, Q.L.; Wang, S.G.; Ye, Z.Q.; Zhu, Z.W.; Li, C.; Bai, J.; Yu, X.; Liu, J.H. Effect of silencing VDR gene in kidney on renal epithelial calcium transporter proteins and urinary calcium excretion in genetic hypercalciuric stone-forming rats. Urology 2011, 78. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  52. Jia, Z.; Wang, S.; Tang, J.; He, D.; Cui, L.; Liu, Z.; Guo, B.; Huang, L.; Lu, Y.; Hu, H. Does crystal deposition in genetic hypercalciuric rat kidney tissue share similarities with bone formation? Urology 2014, 83. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  53. Frick, K.K.; Krieger, N.S.; Bushinsky, D.A. Modeling hypercalciuria in the genetic hypercalciuric stone-forming rat. Curr. Opin. Nephrol. Hypertens. 2015, 24, 336–344. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  54. Liu, W.; Chen, M.; Li, M.; Ma, H.; Tong, S.; Lei, Y.; Qi, L. Vitamin d receptor gene (VDR) polymorphisms and the urolithiasis risk: An updated meta-analysis based on 20 case-control studies. Urolithiasis 2014, 42, 45–52. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  55. Malihi, Z.; Wu, Z.; Stewart, A.W.; Lawes, C.M.M.; Scragg, R. Hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria, and kidney stones in long-term studies of vitamin D supplementation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 2016, 104, 1039–1051. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  56. Letavernier, E.; Verrier, C.; Goussard, F.; Perez, J.; Huguet, L.; Haymann, J.-P.; Baud, L.; Bazin, D.; Daudon, M. Calcium and vitamin D have a synergistic role in a rat model of kidney stone disease. Kidney Int. 2016, 90, 809–817. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  57. Wang, H.; Man, L.; Li, G.; Huang, G.; Liu, N. Association between serum vitamin D levels and the risk of kidney stone: Evidence from a meta-analysis. Nutr. J. 2016, 15, 32. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  58. Karras, S.N.; Anagnostis, P.; Beauchet, O.; Goulis, D.G.; Annweiler, C. Vitamin D supplements and bone mineral density. Lancet 2014, 383, 1292–1293. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
  59. Reid, I.R.; Bolland, M.J.; Grey, A. Effects of vitamin d supplements on bone mineral density: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet 2014, 383, 146–155. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
  60. Grober, U.; Reichrath, J.; Holick, M.F. Live longer with vitamin D? Nutrients 2015, 7, 1871–1880. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  61. Kim, M.J.; Kim, S.N.; Lee, Y.W.; Choe, Y.B.; Ahn, K.J. Vitamin D status and efficacy of vitamin D supplementation in atopic dermatitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrients 2016, 8, 789. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  62. Pham, T.M.; Ekwaru, J.P.; Setayeshgar, S.; Veugelers, P.J. The effect of changing serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations on metabolic syndrome: A longitudinal analysis of participants of a preventive health program. Nutrients 2015, 7, 7271–7284. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  63. Shen, L.; Ji, H.F. Associations between vitamin D status, supplementation, outdoor work and risk of parkinson's disease: A meta-analysis assessment. Nutrients 2015, 7, 4817–4827. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  64. Johri, N.; Jaeger, P.; Ferraro, P.M.; Shavit, L.; Nair, D.; Robertson, W.G.; Gambaro, G.; Unwin, R.J. Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among idiopathic stone formers, but does correction pose any risk? Urolithiasis 2016. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  65. Ferroni, M.C.; Rycyna, K.J.; Averch, T.D.; Semins, M.J. Vitamin D repletion in kidney stone formers: A randomized controlled trial. J. Urol. 2016. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Nutrients 09 00301 g001 550
Figure 1. (a) Flowchart of the studies selection process; and (b) funnel plots for the difference of circulating 1,25(OH)D levels between SFs and control subjects.
Figure 1. (a) Flowchart of the studies selection process; and (b) funnel plots for the difference of circulating 1,25(OH)D levels between SFs and control subjects.
Nutrients 09 00301 g001
Nutrients 09 00301 g002 550
Figure 2. Forests plots of comparisons of circulating 1,25(OH)2D between different groups: (a) stone formers versus controls; (b) calcium stone formers versus controls; (c) hypercalciuria stone formers versus controls; (d) normocalciuria stone formers versus controls; and (e) hypercalciuria stone formers versus normocalciuria stone formers.
Figure 2. Forests plots of comparisons of circulating 1,25(OH)2D between different groups: (a) stone formers versus controls; (b) calcium stone formers versus controls; (c) hypercalciuria stone formers versus controls; (d) normocalciuria stone formers versus controls; and (e) hypercalciuria stone formers versus normocalciuria stone formers.
Nutrients 09 00301 g002
Nutrients 09 00301 g003 550
Figure 3. Forests plots of comparisons of circulating 25(OH)D between different groups: (a) stone formers versus controls; (b) calcium stone formers versus controls; (c) hypercalciuria stone formers versus controls; (d) normocalciuria stone formers versus controls; and (e) hypercalciuria stone formers versus normocalciuria stone formers.
Figure 3. Forests plots of comparisons of circulating 25(OH)D between different groups: (a) stone formers versus controls; (b) calcium stone formers versus controls; (c) hypercalciuria stone formers versus controls; (d) normocalciuria stone formers versus controls; and (e) hypercalciuria stone formers versus normocalciuria stone formers.
Nutrients 09 00301 g003
Table
Table 1. Characteristics of included studies.
Table 1. Characteristics of included studies.
Surname of First AuthorYearCountryNOS ScoreSample TypeMeasurement Method for 1,25(OH)2DMeasurement Method For 25(OH)DStone ComponentGroupsParticipant NumberAge (Mean ± SD)Sex Ratio (M/F)
Gray [10]1977USA7/9plasmaChromatin binding assaycompetitive protein binding assaycalcium oxalate/apatiteSG264824/2
CG482527/21
Caldas [11]1978USA7/9plasmaCytosol binding assaycompetitive protein binding assaycalcium oxalate/apatiteSG23NA20/3
CG36NA22/14
Berlin [18]1982Sweden8/9serum-Isotope dilution-mass spectrometrycalcium oxalate/phosphateHSG38NA16/6
NSG32NA34/4
D’Amour [19]1984Canada7/9serumCompetitive binding assay-NAHSG2136.16 ± 31.3917/4
NSG831.8 ± 18.383/5
De Leenheer [20]1985Belgium7/9serumRadioimmunoassay-NASG62NANA
CG91NANA
Netelenbos [21]1985Netherlands8/9serumCompetitive protein binding assayCompetitive protein binding assayNASG16043 ± 14106/54
CG20339 ± 11147/70
Berlin [22]1986Sweden8/9serumRadioreceptor assayIsotope dilution-mass spectrometryNASG7943 ± 3.33NA
CG831 ± 6.83NA
Sutton [23]1986Canada9/9serumCytosol receptor assay-CalciumSG1047 ± 1110/0
CG1047 ± 1010/0
Bataille [24]1987France8/9plasmaRadioimmunoassay-CalciumSG51NA29/22
CG12NA7/5
Niazi [25]1987Parkistan7/9serum-NANASG1034NA
CG726NA
Nunziata [26]1991Italy7/9serumCompetitive binding assay-NASG101NANA
CG55NANA
Wong [27]1992Australia8/9serumMicroassay-CalciumSG5946.59 ± 13.9251/8
CG3143.52 ± 13.5520/11
Giannini [28]1993Italy8/9serumCompetitive protein binding assay-CalciumHSG4740.5 ± 2.8NA
NSG2848.8 ± 2.6NA
Hess [29]1995Switzerland8/9serumRadioimmunoassayRadioimmunoassayCalciumSG57NANA
CG15NANA
Jarrar [30]1996Germany9/9serumRadioreceptor assay-CalciumSG11154.92 ± 23.3664/47
CG4453.34 ± 18.6622/22
Scott [31]1998Canada7/9serumRadioimmunoassay-MixedSG68NA45/23
CG69NA26/43
Vezzoli [32]1999Italy7/9plasmRadioreceptor assay-Calcium oxalateHSG37NANA
NSG27NANA
Yamakawa [33]2000Japan9/9serumRadioreceptor assay-CalciumSG6355.7 ± 12.547/16
CG2655.9 ± 15.921/5
Prie [34]2001France7/9serumRadioimmunoassay-CalciumHSG207NANA
NSG28NANA
Misael da Silva [35]2002Brazil9/9serumRadioisotopic assay-NASG4034.77 ± 11.7319/21
CG1032.4 ± 8.45/5
Asplin [36]2003USA7/9serumRadioreceptor assay-CalciumSG22NA15/7
CG37NA14/23
Ozkaya [37]2003Turkey8/9serumRadioimmunoassay-CalciumSG646.7 ± 3.526/38
CG907.2 ± 2.347/43
Moyano [38]2007Spain9/9serumRadioimmunoassay-NASG2445.5 ± 13.522/29
CG2748.6 ± 15.49/12
Shakhssalim [39]2011Iran9/9serumEnzyme Immunoassay-CalciumSG10643.4 ± 6.9106/0
CG10938.4 ± 6.9109/0
Fallahzadeh [40]2012Iran9/9serum-ElectrochemiluminescenceNASG360.7 ± 0.3924/12
CG360.7 ± 0.3922/14
Tang [41]2012USA6/9serum-RadioimmunoassayNASG75754 ± 22.29453/304
CG1552943 ± 23.687175/8354
Yilmaz [42]2013Turkey8/9serumEnzyme linked immunosorbent assay-NASG258.08 ± 5.1813/12
CG2310.2 ± 3.6411/12
Kim [43]2014Korea9/9serumRadioimmunoassay-CalciumSG32645.8 ± 12.3204/122
CG163NANA
Nguyen [44]2014USA7/9serum-Liquid chromatography and mass spectrometryNASG1360 ± 108/5
CG199953 ± 14767/1232
Ketha [45]2015USA9/9serumMass spectrometryMass spectrometryCalciumSG149NANA
CG201NANA
Taylor [46]2015USA9/9plasmaLiquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometryLiquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometryCalciumSG35657.4 ± 8.1356/0
CG71257.4 ± 8.1712/0
Sierra [47]2016Spain8/9Serum-NACalciumSG23949.61 ± 13.64NA
CG12752.09 ± 11.02NA
NOS: Newcastle-Ottawa Scale; SD: standard difference; M/F: male/female; USA: United States of America; NA: not available; SG: stone group; CG: control group; HSG: hypercalciuria stone group; NSG: normocalciuria stone group.
Table
Table 2. Sensitivity analysis of the meta-analysis.
Table 2. Sensitivity analysis of the meta-analysis.
ItemsComparisonsSample SizeTests for HeterogeneityAnalysis ModelTest for Overall EffectWWD pg/mL or ng/mLHigher in
I2p *Zp *95% CI
1,25(OH)2DSG vs. CG1601/167697%<0.0001Random2.220.037.92 (0.93,14.91)SG
CSG vs. CG1352/141398%<0.0001Random2.260.029.94 (1.34,18.56)CSG
HSG vs. CG305/63095%<0.0001Random2.390.0213.21 (2.38,24.04)HSG
NSG vs. CG541/63098%<0.0001Random1.550.129.67 (−2.55,21.89)NSG
HSG vs. NSG420/60965%0.002Random1.880.063.39 (−0.13,6.91)HSG
25(OH)DSG vs. CG997/130898%<0.0001Random1.480.142.02 (−0.66,4.69)SG
CSG vs. CG801/105575%0.007Random0.310.750.33 (−1.76,2.43)CSG
HSG vs. CG105/2320%0.78Fixed3.090.0023.02 (1.10,4.93)HSG
NSG vs. CG112/23285%0.01Random0.070.94−0.21 (−5.70,5.29)CG
HSG vs. NSG190/17277%0.005Random2.530.014.48 (1.01,7.95)HSG
CI: confidence interval; WMD: weighted mean difference. SG: stone group; CG: control group; CSG: calcium stone group; HSG: hypercalciuria stone group; NSG: normocalciuria stone group.* p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Share and Cite

MDPI and ACS Style

Hu, H.; Zhang, J.; Lu, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Qin, B.; Gao, H.; Wang, Y.; Zhu, J.; Wang, Q.; Zhu, Y.; et al. Association between Circulating Vitamin D Level and Urolithiasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients 2017, 9, 301. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9030301

AMA Style

Hu H, Zhang J, Lu Y, Zhang Z, Qin B, Gao H, Wang Y, Zhu J, Wang Q, Zhu Y, et al. Association between Circulating Vitamin D Level and Urolithiasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients. 2017; 9(3):301. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9030301

Chicago/Turabian Style

Hu, Henglong, Jiaqiao Zhang, Yuchao Lu, Zongbiao Zhang, Baolong Qin, Hongbin Gao, Yufeng Wang, Jianning Zhu, Qing Wang, Yunpeng Zhu, and et al. 2017. "Association between Circulating Vitamin D Level and Urolithiasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" Nutrients 9, no. 3: 301. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9030301

Note that from the first issue of 2016, this journal uses article numbers instead of page numbers. See further details here.

Article Metrics

Back to TopTop