Melamine is a new
risk of
urinary stones. Gansu province is a heavily affected area and has large
population and underdeveloped economy. We hypothesized that number of
family members and
family income may
play significant
roles in the formation of
urinary stones. A
case-control study was performed among 190
infants. Results showed that the case group had less numbers of
family members than the control [4.4 vs. 5.6, respectively]. The multivariate
logistic regression analysis indicated that number of
family members was an independent influencing factor associated with
urinary stones [OR, 0.606; 95% CI, 0.411-0.893; P = 0.011].
Family income, however, did not exhibit a significant difference. Observed results suggested that number of
family members was a new and significant influencing factor to
affect the
risk of melamine-associated
urinary stones