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Overview
Hypocitraturia, a low amount of citrate in the urine, is an important risk factor for kidney stone formation.
Classification
Hypocitraturia usually is defined as citrate excretion of less than 320 mg/day, but this definition has been challenged as inadequate for recurrent stone formers.
- Severe hypocitraturia: citrate excretion of < 100 mg/day
- Mild-to-moderate hypocitraturia: citrate excretion of 100-320 mg/day
Other definitions;
- Urine citrate level < 220 mg/day for both men and women, regardless of age, or
- Urine citrate level < 115 mg/day in men and < 200 mg/day in women.
Pathophysiology
Citrate in the urine has long been recognized as an inhibitor of calcium salt crystallization. Citrate is the dissociated anion of citric acid, a weak acid that is both ingested in the diet and produced endogenously in the tricarboxylic acid cycle.
The mean urinary citrate excretion is 640 mg/d in healthy individuals.
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