Is Magnesium a marker of disordered mineral metabolism in males with idiopathic recurrent calcium urolithiasis¿ Observations

Illustrations

Fig. 1. Urinary (U) Ca\Pi, other substances (A-D), pH (F), and plasma parathyroid hormone (E) of IRCU patients as classified according to tertiles (I, II, III) of Mg excretion in fasting urine (n: number of observations). Mean values and SE. *: statistics based on log₁₀ data. Dashed line: upper limit of normalcy, as observed in healthy controls. For other information see text.