Serum Uric Acid and Prehypertension
- VernacularTitle:尿酸与高血压前期的关系
- Author:
Tao CHEN
;
Wei LI
;
Bo HU
;
Yang WANG
;
Xiao-Ru CHENG
;
Xuan JIA
;
Yi SUN
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Uric acid;
Prehypertension;
Hypertension
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hypertension
2006;0(08):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Background Previous experimental and clinical studies have proved that elevated serum uric acid increased risk for developing hypertension.Whereas,there are a paucity of information on the relationship between serum uric acid and prehypertension.Objective The purpose of this research is to evaluate the association between the serum uric acid and prehypertension.Method A cohort of seven thousand eight hundred thirty-nine subjects without hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases were recruited from a cross sectional study in urban and rural place in 9 provinces during 2005-2006.Based on serum uric acid(324 ?mol/L for overall population,366 ?mol/L for male,285 ?mol/L for female),people were categorized into quartiles.The odds ratio for prehypertension was calculat ed with the lowest quartile as the reference.Results The prevalence of prehypertension increased with increasing uric acid in total population(P324 ?mol/L)to lowest quartile 1(
