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Letters1 November 1997Calcium Intake and Kidney Stones in WomenRobert P. Heaney, MDRobert P. Heaney, MDCreighton University; Omaha, NE 68178Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-127-9-199711010-00015 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Curhan and colleagues [1] report that the risk for kidney stone is inversely related to calcium intake in women, a finding consistent with their earlier report in men [2]. They note, however, that supplemental calcium seems to increase the risk for stones; the authors of the accompanying editorial [3] express some puzzlement at that finding.I suggest that Curhan and colleagues overinterpreted their data and that Coe and colleagues were insufficiently critical in analyzing the data. One test of inferences from such observational data is the finding of at least an ordinal relation between dose and effect. ...
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