Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Incidence and Composition of Urolithiasis in New Brunswick, Canada.

IF 0.6 4区医学 Q4 UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY

Archivos Espanoles De Urologia Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI:10.56434/j.arch.esp.urol.20257802.17

Iris Y Chen, Yu Chen

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Abstract

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic affected the presentation and management of many diseases. Lifestyle and dietary habit changes caused by social limitations and quarantine may alter the incidence of chronic diseases such as urolithiasis. This epidemiology study aimed to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of kidney stones in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

Methods: Reports of 3253 kidney stone analysis from 1 January 2021, to 31 December 2023, were retrospectively reviewed from the laboratory information system. All stone compositions were analysed by Fourier transforminfrared spectrometry technology. Incident rates were compared with 3838 urolithiasis reports from 1 October 2016, to 30 September 2019, stratified by different ages, sexes and the geographic regional health authority (RHA) zones.

Results: The overall incidence of urolithiasis in New Brunswick significantly dropped from 148 (95% confidence interval (CI) 139-157) per 100,000 person-years in 2016-2019 to 115 (95% CI 110-120) per 100,000 person-years in the period of 2021-2023 (χ²: 94.167, p < 0.01, risk ratio: 0.78). The decrease occurred in both sexes, most age groups and the most densely populated RHA zones (Zones 1 and 2; p < 0.01). However, geographic differences on the impact of COVID-19 on prevalence were observed. Similar to that of the pre-COVID-19 period, calcium oxalate monohydrate remained as the predominant (61.27%) kidney stone type in 2021-2023. Struvite stone decreased from 2.19% to 0.86%.

Conclusions: The incidence rate of urolithiasis in New Brunswick was significantly lower in the COVID-19 pandemic than in the pre-COVID-19 period. However, we found no significant change in kidney stone compositions.

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COVID-19 大流行对加拿大新不伦瑞克省泌尿系结石发病率和构成的影响。

COVID-19大流行影响了许多疾病的表现和管理。社会限制和隔离导致的生活方式和饮食习惯的改变可能改变尿石症等慢性疾病的发病率。本流行病学研究旨在调查COVID-19大流行对加拿大新不伦瑞克省肾结石发病率的影响。方法：回顾性分析实验室信息系统中从2021年1月1日至2023年12月31日的3253例肾结石分析报告。用傅里叶变换红外光谱技术分析了所有石材的成分。对2016年10月1日至2019年9月30日期间3838例尿石症报告的发生率进行比较，并按不同年龄、性别和地理区域卫生当局（RHA）区域进行分层。结果：新不伦瑞克省尿石症的总发病率从2016-2019年的148例（95%置信区间（CI） 139-157） / 10万人-年显著下降到2021-2023年的115例(95% CI 110-120) / 10万人-年（χ2: 94.167, p < 0.01，风险比：0.78）。这种减少发生在男女、大多数年龄组和人口最密集的区域住宅区(第1区和第2区；P < 0.01)。然而，我们观察到COVID-19对流行率的影响存在地理差异。与2019冠状病毒病前相似，2021-2023年，一水草酸钙仍是主要的肾结石类型（61.27%）。鸟粪石由2.19%降至0.86%。结论：2019冠状病毒病大流行期间新不伦瑞克省尿石症发病率明显低于疫情前。然而，我们发现肾结石成分没有明显变化。

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Archivos Espanoles De Urologia UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY-

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期刊介绍： Archivos Españoles de Urología published since 1944, is an international peer review, susbscription Journal on Urology with original and review articles on different subjets in Urology: oncology, endourology, laparoscopic, andrology, lithiasis, pediatrics , urodynamics,... Case Report are also admitted.