Introduction: Urolithiasis is a common health problem. Stones develop when there are imbalances of components in urine in conditions like; hypercalciuria, hyperuricosuria, hypocitraturia, low fluid intake, dietary habits like diet rich in sodium, oxalate, fat, protein, sugar, life style and genetic factors. Chemical composition of renal stones is of important as it has bearing on treatment of this ailment. This may help in advising the patients to reduce the incidence and reformation of renal stones. This study was conducted to know the chemical composition of renal stones obtained after surgery from patients at I.G. Medical College at Shimla in H.P. And to find the association of their chemical composition with age, gender distribution, BMI, socioeconomic status and diet in an attempt to understand the etio-pathogenesis of renal stones in this region and compare the same with other regions of the country.
Methods: Renal stones from 50 patients were collected after surgery & chemically analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectrometry.
Results: Males patients (66 %) were more effected as compared to females (34 %) with high incidence in middle and young population with middle to high socio-economic status, BMI > 25Kg / m2 and dietary habits such as non-vegetarian diet (66 %). The 62 % stones were of single stone variety and, calcium oxalate was the main constituent, both in male as well as in female population.
Conclusion: Kidney stones were more common in males affecting middle and young population with middle to high socio-economic status, greater BMI and dietary habits such as non- vegetarian diet. The most common stones are of single stone variety and calcium oxalate is the main composition of stones in both male as well as female population.
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