Authors
Mahsa H Javadi, Danielle J Harvey, Nora Franceschini, JoAnn E Manson, James R Hébert, Bernhard Haring, Matthew Allison, John Robbins, Lorena Garcia
Published in
Annals of epidemiology. Pages 110258. Aug 06, 2026. Epub Aug 06, 2026.
Abstract
To evaluate: whether self-reported urinary tract stones (UTS) are associated with incident hypertension in postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative; potential effect modification by diet-related inflammation and lifestyle factors; whether recurrent UTS further increased risk.
We conducted a prospective cohort study of 100,562 postmenopausal women aged 50-79 years without baseline hypertension. UTS were self-reported and modeled as a time-varying exposure. Effect modification by the dietary inflammatory index (DII®) and energy-adjusted DII (E- DIITM), physical activity, alcohol consumption, and neighborhood socioeconomic status were evaluated. Incident hypertension was assessed using Cox hazards models adjusted for age and metabolic, lifestyle, socioeconomic, and dietary factors.
In unadjusted models, UTS were associated with higher incident hypertension risk (HR = 1.29; 95% CI: 1.11-1.45, p = 0.001) and after full adjustment(HR = 1.16; 95% CI: 1.02-1.35; p =0.05). DII/E-DII did not significantly modify the association (interaction p> 0.20), while physical activity did (interaction p=0.03). Recurrent UTS increased hypertension risk versus no stone history (HR = 1.14; 95% CI: 1.02-1.28; p = 0.03), but not versus a single episode (HR = 1.09; 95% CI: 0.96-1.23; p = 0.18).
UTS were associated with a modestly increased risk of hypertension in postmenopausal women.
PMID:
42562241
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