Urolithiasis in vegetarian population attending a tertiary care centre: a retrospective study

Background: Urolithiasis is the one of most common urological disease with kidney stone, being painful and prevalent disorders urinary system. Its prevalence has drastically increased during present century 3–20% overall population world having tendency to form stone life time 70 years. Diet an integral part renal accumulation thus filtration, which in turn affects absorption bodily homeostasis occurrence. The epidemiology differs accordance different geographical regions social constructs. Within this context, food habits have been proposed as major risk factors formation, a for urine composition. With background, study designed incidence urolithiasis vegetarian northeast India. Methods: was observational by including all patients diagnosed on imaging who managed according treatment modalities. Patients included were enquired about their diet recorded. Results: Out 151 cases studied, male 2.5 times more than female. Age group 31-40 years comprised number calculi (28.5%). Kamrup (metro rural) had (33.8%). 5 found be pure (3.3%). 38.4% patient history smoking. Conclusions: Most unilateral calculi. Majority hailed from (rural metro) district, followed Darrang Nalbari district. Vegetarian significant alcohol intake, smoking tobacco chewing.