Epidemiology of kidney stones in Iceland: a population-based study.

Objective: The prevalence of kidney stones varies greatly between ethnic groups and geographic locations, ranging from 8% to 19% in males and from 3% to 5% in females in Western countries. The aim of this study was to examine the epidemiology of kidney stones in Iceland.

Material And Methods: Data were derived from the Reykjavik Study, a population-based cohort study carried out between 1967 and 1991.