A Study on the Association Between Total Hardness of Drinking Water and Urolithiasis---The Urolithiasis Patients from one Medical Center in Southern Taiwan
| Autor: | JANE-RU CHOU, 周珍如 |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 87 According to the statistical records, urolithiasis is a common disease in Taiwan with 9.5% prevalence. Though the disease causes are quite complicated, the urolithiasis patients in Kaohsiung area have always been recognizing to the quality of drinking water, especially, the total hardness. So far, there were no any domestic reports published that the urolithiasis was associated with total hardness of drinking water. Therefore it is necessary to study the association between urolithiasis and total hardness of drinking water urgently. This study was focused on the patients 133 cases and healthy control groups 133 cases, to study the effects on urolithiasis under the conditions of the exposures of relevant risk factors. The results showed that total hardness of drinking water was not associated with urolithiasis and no statistically significant difference except the urolithiasis history of patients'' families, the drinking habit of little wines, the pills( vitamin C, calcium and antacids) using, daily water intake, sweating quantity, the intake frequency of foods relevant to urinary stones, and the degree of stress between two groups. Finally, multiple logistic regression was analyzed with the above influential factors. Then, the regression model showed that the people who have the urolithiasis history of patients'' families are suffering from the disease and 2.2 times probability higher than them who have no urolithiasis history of patients'' families. Besides the people who have large sweating are suffering from the disease and 11.9 times probability higher than them who have small sweating quantity. Moreover, the more daily water intake, the less probability of disease, daily water intake is a protective factor. Based on the results of this study, it might be expected to provide the healthy education with the idea that water intake quantity is more important than water quality for preventing urolithiasis. And the government should have the responsibility to make the role of preventive medicine to decrease reoccurrence of urolithiasis. |
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