Letter to the Editor RE: Spradling and Conti, Editorial Comment on: Nonrenal Systemic Arterial Calcifications Predicts the Formation of Kidney Stones by Stern et al. (From: Stern KL, Ward RD, Li J, et al. J Endourol 2019;33:1035; DOI: 10.1089/end.2019.0673)

Letter to the Editor RE: Spradling and Conti, Editorial Comment on: Nonrenal Systemic Arterial Calcifications Predicts the Formation of Kidney Stones by Stern et al. (From: Stern KL, Ward RD, Li J, et al. Although it is often assumed that the kidney donor population is healthier than the general population, there is no evidence to support this. Only a small portion of the kidney stone formers had diabetes, and although this is a limitation, the median age was only 43 years, so it is unlikely that diabetes in this small population had a significant impact on the systemic calcifications. [Extracted from the article]