کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5810844 1114997 2015 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Hypothesis: Urbanization and exposure to urban heat islands contribute to increasing prevalence of kidney stones
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
فرضیه: شهرنشینی و قرار گرفتن در معرض جزایر گرمایی شهری به افزایش شیوع سنگ کلیه کمک می کند
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی زیست شناسی تکاملی
چکیده انگلیسی

The prevalence of kidney stones is increasing worldwide. Various etiologies may in part explain this observation including increased prevalence of diabetes, obesity and the metabolic syndrome, increased dietary protein and salt content, and decreased dietary dairy products. We hypothesize an additional and novel potential contributor to increasing kidney stone prevalence: migration to urban settings, or urbanization, and resultant exposure of the population to the higher temperatures of urban heat islands (UHIs). Both urbanization and exposure to UHIs are worldwide, continuous trends. Because the difference in temperature between rural and urban settings is greater than the increase in temperature caused by global warming, the potential effect of urbanization on stone prevalence may be of greater magnitude. However, demonstration of a convincing link between urbanization and kidney stones is confounded by many variables simultaneously affected by migration to cities, such as changes in occupation, income, and diet. No data have yet been published supporting this proposed association. We explore the plausibility and limitations of this possible etiology of increasing kidney stone prevalence.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Medical Hypotheses - Volume 85, Issue 6, December 2015, Pages 953-957
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