The relationship between calcium kidney stones, arterial stiffness and bone density: unraveling the stone-bone-vessel liaison.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study confirms that stone formers have increased arterial stiffness and reduced bone density. Abnormal arterial stiffness appears to be independent of reduced bone density and may explain the higher CV risk observed in stone formers.
PMID: 25266216 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)