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Table 3 Composition of calculi by age and gender

From: Urolithiasis analysis in a multiethnic population at a tertiary hospital in Nairobi, Kenya

Composition

Agea

Gender

n (%)

<42 years (n = 32)

≥42 years (n = 35)

P value

Male (n = 53)

Female (n = 14)

P value

Calcium oxalate only

22 (68.8)

26 (74.3)

0.51

40 (75.5)

8 (57.1)

0.74

Calcium oxalate + bicarbonate

9 (28.1)

6 (17.1)

0.23

12 (22.6)

3 (21.4)

0.50

Others

1 (3.1)

3 (8.6)

0.62

1 (1.9) (1)

3 (21.4)

1.00

  1. aThe patients were divided into two groups based on the median age