Objective:To explore the correlation between serum uric acid/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (UHR) and the risk of hypertension in elderly physical examination populations.Methods:This study was a cross-sectional study. A total of 1 028 patients aged≥60 years who underwent physical examinations at the Health Management Center of Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital from September 2023 to February 2024 were included in this study. The general demographic data, past medical history, physical examination and laboratory examination indicators of the physical examiners were collected, and according to whether they had hypertension or not, they were divided into hypertension group (390 cases) and non-hypertension group (638 cases), and all UHR values were arranged from small to large, and the UHR was divided into three groups by tertiles of UHR, and the general data and blood biochemical indexes between the groups were compared. Spearman rank correlation was used to analyze the correlation between UHR level and body mass index, total cholesterol, triglyceride and other indexes in the elderly population. Logistic regression was used to explore the relationship between UHR level and hypertension in the elderly population, and the stratification analysis of the physical examination population was carried out according to diabetes, coronary heart disease and dyslipidemia, and the interaction test between groups was carried out.Results:Among the 1 028 geriatric physical examination cases, 580 (56.4%) were males and 448 (43.6%) were females, aged (66.7±5.8) years. UHR levels were higher in the hypertensive group compared to the non-hypertensive group [248.88 (191.19, 322.25) vs 213.52 (165.94, 275.29); Z=-5.445, P<0.05]. With the increase of UHR level, the detection rate of hypertension in the elderly population increased (accounted for 27.8%, 38.2% and 47.8%, respectively; χ2=29.211, P<0.05). Spearman rank correlation analysis showed that UHR was positively correlated with body mass index, triglycerides, serum uric acid, serum creatinine and fasting blood glucose ( r=0.318, 0.334, 0.774, 0.474, 0.080; all P<0.05), and negatively correlated with total cholesterol, glomerular filtration rate and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ( r=-0.239, -0.303, -0.154; all P<0.05). When the confounding factors were not adjusted (model 1), the risk of hypertension in high UHR group was 2.382 times higher than that in low UHR group and 1.607 times higher than that in medium UHR group; after adjusting for all confounding factors such as age, gender, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, junior high school education or below, smoking, alcohol consumption, glomerular filtration rate, etc., the risk of hypertension in the high-level UHR group was 1.732 times higher than that in the low-level UHR group (95% CI: 1.139-2.635) ( P<0.05). The elderly physical examination population was further stratified according to whether there was diabetes, dyslipidemia and coronary heart disease, and it was found that there was no interaction between UHR and diabetes, dyslipidemia and coronary heart disease on the prevalence of hypertension (all P>0.05). Conclusions:Hypertension detection rate increases with higher UHR levels. UHR is closely related to the incidence of hypertension in the elderly population.

Objective:To explore the correlation between serum uric acid/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (UHR) and the risk of hypertension in elderly physical examination populations.Methods:This study was a cross-sectional study. A total of 1 028 patients aged≥60 years who underwent physical examinations at the Health Management Center of Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital from September 2023 to February 2024 were included in this study. The general demographic data, past medical history, physical examination and laboratory examination indicators of the physical examiners were collected, and according to whether they had hypertension or not, they were divided into hypertension group (390 cases) and non-hypertension group (638 cases), and all UHR values were arranged from small to large, and the UHR was divided into three groups by tertiles of UHR, and the general data and blood biochemical indexes between the groups were compared. Spearman rank correlation was used to analyze the correlation between UHR level and body mass index, total cholesterol, triglyceride and other indexes in the elderly population. Logistic regression was used to explore the relationship between UHR level and hypertension in the elderly population, and the stratification analysis of the physical examination population was carried out according to diabetes, coronary heart disease and dyslipidemia, and the interaction test between groups was carried out.Results:Among the 1 028 geriatric physical examination cases, 580 (56.4%) were males and 448 (43.6%) were females, aged (66.7±5.8) years. UHR levels were higher in the hypertensive group compared to the non-hypertensive group [248.88 (191.19, 322.25) vs 213.52 (165.94, 275.29); Z=-5.445, P<0.05]. With the increase of UHR level, the detection rate of hypertension in the elderly population increased (accounted for 27.8%, 38.2% and 47.8%, respectively; χ2=29.211, P<0.05). Spearman rank correlation analysis showed that UHR was positively correlated with body mass index, triglycerides, serum uric acid, serum creatinine and fasting blood glucose ( r=0.318, 0.334, 0.774, 0.474, 0.080; all P<0.05), and negatively correlated with total cholesterol, glomerular filtration rate and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ( r=-0.239, -0.303, -0.154; all P<0.05). When the confounding factors were not adjusted (model 1), the risk of hypertension in high UHR group was 2.382 times higher than that in low UHR group and 1.607 times higher than that in medium UHR group; after adjusting for all confounding factors such as age, gender, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, junior high school education or below, smoking, alcohol consumption, glomerular filtration rate, etc., the risk of hypertension in the high-level UHR group was 1.732 times higher than that in the low-level UHR group (95% CI: 1.139-2.635) ( P<0.05). The elderly physical examination population was further stratified according to whether there was diabetes, dyslipidemia and coronary heart disease, and it was found that there was no interaction between UHR and diabetes, dyslipidemia and coronary heart disease on the prevalence of hypertension (all P>0.05). Conclusions:Hypertension detection rate increases with higher UHR levels. UHR is closely related to the incidence of hypertension in the elderly population.

Objective:To investigate the relationship between monocyte/high-density lipoprotein ratio (MHR) and clinical parameters and the prognosis of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).Methods:Clinical data were collected of CKD patients who were diagnosed and followed up regularly in Henan Provincial People's Hospital from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2020. According to the median baseline MHR of the selected patients, they were divided into two groups: low-level MHR group (MHR≤0.347 8) and high-level MHR group (MHR>0.347 8). The patients were regularly followed up for 3-42 months, the renal adverse prognostic events were defined as serum creatinine doubled, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) reduced to at least 50% of the original, new entry into end-stage renal disease (ESRD), starting renal replacement therapy, death due to renal or cardiovascular events. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to compare the differences in survival rates between the two groups, and Cox regression analysis method was used to explore the influencing factors of renal adverse prognosis in CKD patients. Stratified analysis was used to find special factors that might affect the relationship between MHR and renal adverse prognosis in CKD patients.Results:A total of 405 patients were included in this study. Their age was (49.77±14.82) years old. Body mass index was (25.18±4.22) kg/m 2. Women accounted for 30.62%(124/405). The proportion of patients with smoking, drinking, hypertension and diabetes was 39.51%(160/405), 35.06%(142/405), 73.33%(297/405) and 38.27%(155/405), respectively. Compared with the low-level MHR group ( n=202), the high-level MHR group ( n=203) had more people in late CKD, males, and hypertension (all P<0.01), and body mass index, white blood cells, monocytes, serum creatinine, serum uric acid, serum urea nitrogen, retinol binding protein, cystatin C, blood phosphorus were higher (all P<0.05), while hemoglobin, high density lipoprotein and eGFR were lower (all P<0.05). Spearman rank correlation results show that MHR level was positively correlated with white blood cells, serum creatinine, serum uric acid, serum urea nitrogen, retinol-binding protein, cystatin C, serum phosphorus (all P<0.01), and negatively correlated with hemoglobin and eGFR (both P<0.01). The median follow-up time was 8(4, 16) months. To the end of the follow-up, 113 patients (27.90%) had renal adverse prognostic events. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis results showed that the renal cumulative survival rate of the high-level MHR group was lower than that of the low-level MHR group ( χ2=8.277, P=0.004). Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that high MHR level was an independent influencing factor for poor renal prognosis in CKD patients ( HR=1.628, 95% CI 1.050-2.523, P=0.029). Stratified analysis showed that, without hypertension, MHR had a more significant effect on the prognosis of the kidneys ( HR=3.414, 95% CI 1.091-10.686, P for interaction=0.001). Conclusions:The level of MHR is related to the severity and poor renal prognosis of CKD, and the high MHR level is an independent predictor for poor renal prognosis in CKD patients.

Objective To evaluate multi-slice three-dimensional CT angiography (MS 3D-CTA) for the follow-up of intracranial aneurysm clipping.Methods MS 3D-CTA of 16 patients with intracranial aneurysm clipping were retrospectively analyzed.The patients were scanned on a 16-slice spiral CT(GE Lightspeed pro).Volume rendering(VR),thin maximum intensity projection(thin MIP) and multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) were employed in image postprocessing in all cases.Results There were 17 clips in the 16 patients with aneurysm clipping.Six clips were located at the posterior communicating artery,5 at the anterior communicating artery,4 at the middle cerebral artery,and the remaining 2 clips were located at the pericallosal artery in 1 patient.There were no abnormalities found in the aneurysm clipping region in 7 cases by MS 3D-CTA.There were residual aneurysm in 2 cases,parent artery stenosis in 4 cases,and artery spasm in 3 cases.There was no parent artery occlusion and clip displacement in all cases.VR showed excellent 3D spacial relations between the clip and parent artery in 12 cases,and showed good relations in 3 cases.The 1 case with 2 clips in the pericallosal artery showed heavy beam-hardening artifacts.The size and shape of aneurysm clips were clearly depicted by MPR and thin MIP,while 3D spacial relation of aneurysm clip and parent artery were poorly showed.Conclusion MS 3D-CTA is a safe and efficient method for the follow-up of intracranialaneurysm clipping.Combined VR with MPR or thin MIP can well reveal postoperative changes after aneurysm clipping.