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Table 4 Location of calculi by age and gender

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

Location

Agea

Gender

n (%)

<42 years (n = 33)b

≥42 years (n = 38)b

P value

Male (n = 57)b

Female (n = 14)b

P value

Ureter

16 (48.5)

17 (44.7)

0.72

28 (49.1)

5 (35.7)

0.26

Pelvi-ureteric junction

7 (21.2)

11 (28.9)

0.46

9 (15.8)

9 (64.3)

0.01

Vesicoureteric junction

5 (15.2)

7 (18.4)

0.72

12 (21.1)

0 (0)

0.58

Bladder

3 (9.1)

3 (7.9)

0.85

6 (10.5)

0 (0)

0.33

Urethra

2 (6.1)

0 (0)

0.21

2 (3.5)

0 (0)

0.26

  1. aThe patients were divided into two age groups based on the median age
  2. bTotal n = 71 because four patients had calculi located in two different anatomical sites