Table 1

 Stone promoting and stone inhibiting factors1,12,13,15,16

PromotersInhibitors
*Analytes that should be assessed in 24 hour urine samples of stone formers.
*CalciumInorganic
*Sodium *Magnesium
*Oxalate *Pyrophosphate (assay as phosphate)
*Urate *Citrate
*CystineOrganic
Low urine pH Nephrocalcin
Tamm-Horsfall protein Tamm-Horsfall protein
*Low urine flow Urinary prothrombin fragment 1
Bacterial products Protease inhibitor : inter α inhibitor
 Glycosaminoglycans
 *High urine flow
Other essential urine analytesSerum analytes
    Creatinine Calcium
    Creatinine clearance Urate
    Urine albumin (microalbumin) Creatinine
    If >1 mg/mmol creatinine then urine retinol binding protein Parathyroid hormone (where hypercalcaemia present)
 Phosphate