Kidney stones increases the risk of diabetes

In the new study, the authors found that among more than 94,000 Taiwan (China) adults who have a history of kidney stones diagnosed with diabetes are more than 30% within 5 years compared with those no kidney stones.

Of the more than 23,000 who are not being treated for kidney stones, diabetes 12.4%, based on medical records, compared with 9.6% among 70,700 adults without diabetes were studied for comparison.

Diabetes and kidney stones have a similar risk factors - including obesity and older.

However, even when researchers take into account age, obesity and other risk factors for other health related kidney stones with increased risk of diabetes by 30%.