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Chen J, Pang N, Lu J, Liu G, Lee SP, Wang W. The effect of calcium oxalate stones and uric acid stones on male sexual function. Int Urol Nephrol 2024:10.1007/s11255-024-04127-0. [PMID: 38958853 DOI: 10.1007/s11255-024-04127-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 06/14/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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PURPOSE This study compared the effects of calcium oxalate stones and uric acid stones on male sexual function. METHODS We enrolled 100 patients with ureteral stones. According to the composition of the stones, they were divided into the calcium oxalate stone group and the uric acid stone group. All patients underwent ureteroscopic holmium laser lithotripsy. General data such as age, body mass index, course of disease, stone diameter, and degree of renal hydronephrosis were compared. Sperm parameters, including sperm density, sperm viability, and sperm deformity rate, as well as International Index of Erectile Function-5 questionnaire (IIEF-5) scores, and Quality of Life (QOL) scores, were measured and compared before and 6 weeks after the surgery. RESULTS There were no statistically significant differences in general data and sperm parameters between the two groups before the surgery (P > 0.05). However, there were significantly lower IIEF scores but significantly higher QOL scores in the uric acid stone group. In the calcium oxalate stone group, there were no statistically significant differences in sperm parameters, IIEF score, and QOL score before and after the surgery (P > 0.05). In the uric acid stone group, there were no statistically significant differences in sperm parameters before and after surgery (P > 0.05), whereas there were significantly higher IIEF scores but significantly lower QOL scores after the surgery (P < 0.05). The prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) in the uric acid stone group was 38.18% (21/55), which was significantly higher compared to 20.00% (9/45) in the calcium oxalate stone group (P < 0.05). The multivariate binary logistic regression analysis showed that the independent risk factor related to ED was uric acid stones (odds ratio: 2.637, 95% confidence interval 1.040-6.689, P = 0.041). No statistically significant differences were found in sperm parameters between patients with and without ED. CONCLUSION Compared with the calcium oxalate stone group, patients with uric acid stones had a higher prevalence of ED and poorer sexual performance.
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- Jian Chen
- Department of Urology, Suzhou Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, No. 1, Lijiang Road, Huqiu District, Suzhou, 215153, China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832008, China
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- Department of Urology, Suzhou Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, No. 1, Lijiang Road, Huqiu District, Suzhou, 215153, China
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- Department of Urology, Suzhou Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, No. 1, Lijiang Road, Huqiu District, Suzhou, 215153, China
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- Department of Public Health, International College, Krirk University, No. 3 Ram Inthra Rd, Anusawari, Bang Khen, Bangkok, 10220, Thailand.
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- Department of Urology, Suzhou Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, No. 1, Lijiang Road, Huqiu District, Suzhou, 215153, China.
- Department of Public Health, International College, Krirk University, No. 3 Ram Inthra Rd, Anusawari, Bang Khen, Bangkok, 10220, Thailand.
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Fang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang X. The elevated lactate dehydrogenase to albumin ratio is a risk factor for developing sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: a single-center retrospective study. BMC Nephrol 2024; 25:201. [PMID: 38898431 PMCID: PMC11186243 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-024-03636-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND There is no evidence to determine the association between the lactate dehydrogenase to albumin ratio (LAR) and the development of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SAKI). We aimed to investigate the predictive impact of LAR for SAKI in patients with sepsis. METHODS A total of 4,087 patients with sepsis from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC IV) database were included. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the association between LAR and the risk of developing SAKI, and the relationship was visualized using restricted cubic spline (RCS). The clinical predictive value of LAR was evaluated by ROC curve analysis. Subgroup analysis was used to search for interactive factors. RESULTS The LAR level was markedly increased in the SAKI group (p < 0.001). There was a positive linear association between LAR and the risk of developing SAKI (p for nonlinearity = 0.867). Logistic regression analysis showed an independent predictive value of LAR for developing SAKI. The LAR had moderate clinical value, with an AUC of 0.644. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) was identified as an independent interactive factor. The predictive value of LAR for the development of SAKI disappeared in those with a history of CKD but remained in those without CKD. CONCLUSIONS Elevated LAR 12 h before and after the diagnosis of sepsis is an independent risk factor for the development of SAKI in patients with sepsis. Chronic comorbidities, especially the history of CKD, should be taken into account when using LAR to predict the development of AKI in patients with sepsis.
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- Yipeng Fang
- Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, 57th Changping Road, Shantou, Guangdong Province, 515041, People's Republic of China
- Laboratory of Medical Molecular Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
- Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, 57th Changping Road, Shantou, Guangdong Province, 515041, People's Republic of China.
- Laboratory of Medical Molecular Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
- Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
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Qin A, Yang D, Wang S, Dong L, Tan J, Tang Y, Qin W. Uric acid-based ratios for predicting renal failure in Chinese IgA nephropathy patients. Int J Med Sci 2023; 20:1584-1591. [PMID: 37859692 PMCID: PMC10583186 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.85430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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Objective: The uric acid/albumin ratio (UAR), a novel, simple, and compositive laboratory biomarker, has recently attracted attention for predicting disease prediction and disease prognosis. However, whether uric acid-related biomarkers (especially UAR) could serve as prognostic indicator for IgAN is unclear. Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, biopsy-confirmed IgAN patients from 2009 to 2017 from West China Hospital were evaluated. The optimal cutoff value of UAR for renal outcome was defined using the Youden index by the area under receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). The patients were then categorized into the high UAR group and the low UAR group. Renal endpoints were defined as progression to ESRD, eGFR decreased ≥50% of the baseline level, or initiation of renal replacement treatment. Kaplan‒Meier survival analysis and Cox regression analysis were used to identify factors influencing IgAN outcomes. Results: A total of 1143 patients with a median age of 33.0 (26.0-42.0) (44.2% men) were included in the study. The best cut-off UAR concerned with renal survival was determined to be 9.94 with a specificity of 77.5% and a sensitivity of 61.5% (J, 0.390; AUC, 0.750). Then, the patients were divided into two groups labelled as low and high UAR ratios (≥ 9.94 and <9.94, respectively). More severe clinical manifestations and pathological lesions were observed in the high UAR group. Multivariate Cox regression analysis after adjusted for important clinicopathological parameters manifested that a high UAR was an independent prognostic biomarker for IgAN. (p = 0.036, HR =2.56, 95% CI: 1.07-6.16). Conclusion: UAR might be a novel predictor for renal progression and contribute to targeted management.
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Dikker O, Aktaş A, Şahin M, Doğan M, Dağ H. The Association of Serum Uric Acid Levels and Various Uric Acid-Related Ratios with Insulin Resistance and Obesity: A Preliminary Study in Adolescents. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 10:1493. [PMID: 37761454 PMCID: PMC10528166 DOI: 10.3390/children10091493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Studies have shown that serum uric acid levels and uric acid-related ratios, such as uric acid-to-albumin ratio (UAR), uric acid-to-creatinine ratio (UCR), uric acid-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL cholesterol) ratio (UHR), and uric acid-to-lymphocyte ratio (ULR), are associated with various diseases and their complications, and that these ratios can be used as biomarkers. In the current study, we aimed to investigate uric acid levels in obese adolescents and the relationship of uric acid-related ratios with insulin resistance and obesity for the first time in the literature. METHODS A total of 100 adolescents (60 obese and 40 healthy) aged 10-17 years were retrospectively included. Participants were assigned to two groups: the obese group and the healthy control group. Obesity was defined as a body mass index (BMI) >the 95th percentile for age and gender. Demographic and laboratory data (serum glucose, urea, creatinine, uric acid, albumin, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), C-reactive protein (CRP), total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL cholesterol, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free T4 (fT4), insulin levels, and complete blood count) were obtained from the laboratory information management system. A homeostatic model of assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL cholesterol), and uric acid-related ratios were calculated. RESULTS Uric acid, UAR, UCR, and UHR levels of obese adolescents were significantly higher than the healthy group (p < 0.05). We found that HOMA-IR was positively correlated with uric acid, UAR, and UHR. No correlation was found between BMI and uric acid or uric acid-related ratios. We did not find any difference between the two groups in terms of ULR levels, and we did not find any correlation between BMI and HOMA-IR. CONCLUSION High levels of serum uric acid, UAR, UCR, and UHR were associated with obesity. Furthermore, we found that uric acid, UAR, and UHR were positively correlated with insulin resistance.
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- Okan Dikker
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Istanbul Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşcıoğlu City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul 34384, Turkey;
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Istanbul Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşcıoğlu City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul 34384, Turkey;
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Hitit University Faculty of Medicine, Çorum 19030, Turkey;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşcıoğlu City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul 34384, Turkey; (M.D.); (H.D.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşcıoğlu City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul 34384, Turkey; (M.D.); (H.D.)
- Department of Pediatric Basic Sciences, Institute of Child Health, Adolesance Health, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34093, Turkey
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Wang Y, Shen B, Cao X, Lu Z, Zhang Y, Zhu B, Zhang W, Shi Y, Wang J, Fang Y, Song N, Li Y, Xu X, Jia P, Ding X, Zhao S. Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein 7 Deriving from Spleen and Lung Could Be Used for Early Recognition of Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury. Cardiorenal Med 2023; 13:221-231. [PMID: 37311433 PMCID: PMC10664329 DOI: 10.1159/000531489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The utility of arithmetic product of urinary tissue metalloproteinase inhibitor 2 (TIMP2) and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) concentrations has been widely accepted on early diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI). However, which organ is the main source of those two factors and how the concentration of IGFBP7 and TIMP2 changed in serum during AKI still remain to be defined. METHODS In mice, gene transcription and protein levels of IGFBP7/TIMP2 in the heart, liver, spleen, lung, and kidney were measured in both ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI)- and cisplatin-induced AKI models. Serum IGFBP7 and TIMP2 levels were measured and compared in patients before cardiac surgery and at inclusion (0 h), 2 h, 6 h, and 12 h after intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and compared with serum creatinine (SCr), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), and serum uric acid (UA). RESULTS In mouse IRI-AKI model, compared with the sham group, the expression levels of IGFBP7 and TIMP2 did not change in the kidney, but significantly upregulated in the spleen and lung. Compared with patients who did not develop AKI, the concentration of serum IGFBP7 at as early as 2 h after ICU admission (sIGFBP7-2 h) was significantly higher in patients who developed AKI. The relationships between sIGFBP7-2 h in AKI patients and log2 (SCr), log2 (BUN), log2 (eGFR), and log2 (UA) were statistically significant. The diagnostic performance of sIGFBP7-2 h measured by the macro-averaged area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.948 (95% CI, 0.853-1.000; p < 0.001). CONCLUSION The spleen and lung might be the main source of serum IGFBP7 and TIMP2 during AKI. The serum IGFBP7 value demonstrated good predictive accuracy for AKI following cardiac surgery within 2 h after ICU admission.
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- Yimei Wang
- Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Kidney and Blood Purification, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Kidney and Dialysis, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Kidney and Blood Purification, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Kidney and Dialysis, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Kidney and Blood Purification, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Kidney and Dialysis, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Kidney and Blood Purification, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Kidney and Dialysis, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Kidney and Blood Purification, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Kidney and Dialysis, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Kidney and Blood Purification, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Kidney and Dialysis, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Kidney and Blood Purification, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Kidney and Dialysis, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Kidney and Blood Purification, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Kidney and Dialysis, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Kidney and Blood Purification, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Kidney and Dialysis, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Kidney and Blood Purification, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Kidney and Dialysis, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Kidney and Blood Purification, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Kidney and Dialysis, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Kidney and Blood Purification, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Kidney and Dialysis, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Kidney and Blood Purification, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Kidney and Dialysis, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Kidney and Blood Purification, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Kidney and Dialysis, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Kidney and Blood Purification, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Kidney and Dialysis, Shanghai, China
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Fayazi HS, Mortazavi Khatibani SS, Motamed B, Yaseri M. Evaluation of levels of uric acid and lipid profile in hospitalized patients with diabetes. BMC Res Notes 2023; 16:154. [PMID: 37488643 PMCID: PMC10367241 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-023-06429-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Diabetes is the most common metabolic disorder that leads to various complications, and among these complications, disruption in the lipid profile and serum uric acid (SUA) is one of the significant cases that can lead to the deterioration of the health status of patients with diabetes. So, we aimed to evaluate the level of SUA and lipid profiles in patients with diabetes. A total of 230 patients with diabetes who were admitted to Razi Hospital, Rasht, Iran, were enrolled in this study. Demographical data and clinical characteristics of the patients include gender, body mass index (BMI), duration of diabetes, history of smoking, FBS, HbA1c, SUA, Creatinine (Cr), Cholesterol (Chol), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), triglycerides (TG), retinopathy, hypertension, ischemic heart disease (IHD), and microalbuminuria were recorded. All data were analyzed using the SPSS version 21 by a significant level < 0.05. RESULT According to our results, 70 were male, and 160 were female, with a mean age of 57.36 ± 8.05 years and a mean BMI of 28.10 ± 4.62. The most frequent comorbidities were hypertension, 67%. The serum level of FBS, HBA1c, SUA, Cr, Chol, LDL, HDL, and TG were 191.47 ± 71.66 mg/dL, 7.94 ± 1.21 mg/dL, 5.65 ± 1.95 mg/dL, 0.94 ± 0.16 mg/dL, 167.28 ± 45.22 mg/dL, 95.91 ± 37.03 mg/dL, 39.78 ± 10.44 mg/dL, and 186.75 ± 76.65 mg/dL, respectively. Only UA had a significant relationship with TG level (P < 0.05).
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- Haniyeh Sadat Fayazi
- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Razi Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Razi Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Razi Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
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Biter HI, Tosu AR. The Prognostic Significance of Uric Acid/Albumin Ratio in Patients with Aortic Stenosis Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation for Major Adverse Cardiac and Cerebral Events. Medicina (B Aires) 2023; 59:medicina59040686. [PMID: 37109644 PMCID: PMC10147064 DOI: 10.3390/medicina59040686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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Background: The goal of this study was to examine if the uric acid/albumin ratio (UAR) could predict major adverse cardiac and cerebral events (MACCEs) such as stroke, readmission, and short-term all-cause death in aortic stenosis (AS) patients, after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Material and Methods: A total of 150 patients who had TAVI for AS between 2013 and 2022 were included in our study, retrospectively. Before the TAVI, each patient’s baseline uric acid/albumin was determined. The study’s major endpoint was MACCEs, which included stroke, re-hospitalization, and 12-month all-cause death. Results: The UAR was found to be higher in TAVI patients who developed MACCEs than in those who did not develop them. Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that the UAR (HR: 95% CI; 2.478 (1.779–3.453) p < 0.01), was an independent predictor of MACCEs in AS patients after TAVI. The optimal value of the UAR for MACCEs in AS patients following TAVI was >1.68 with 88% sensitivity and 66% specificity (AUC (the area under the curve): 0.899, p < 0.01). We noted that the AUC of UAR in predicting MACCEs was significantly higher than the AUC of albumin (AUC: 0.823) and uric acid (AUC: 0.805, respectively). Conclusion: MACCEs in AS patients who received TAVI may be predicted by high pre-procedural uric acid/albumin levels. The uric acid/albumin ratio (UAR) can be used to determine MACCEs in such patients following TAVI because it is inexpensive and straightforward to calculate inflammatory parameters.
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Şaylık F, Çınar T, Selçuk M, Tanboğa İH. The Relationship between Uric Acid/Albumin Ratio and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Patients with Hypertension. Arq Bras Cardiol 2023; 120:e20220819. [PMID: 37098960 PMCID: PMC10124582 DOI: 10.36660/abc.20220819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hypertension causes subendothelial inflammation and dysfunction in resulting atherosclerosis. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is a useful marker of endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis. The uric acid to albumin ratio (UAR) has emerged as a novel marker for predicting cardiovascular events. OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the association of UAR with CIMT in hypertensive patients. METHODS Two hundred sixteen consecutive hypertensive patients were enrolled in this prospective study. All patients underwent carotid ultrasonography to classify low (CIMT < 0.9 mm) and high (CIMT ≥ 0.9 mm) CIMT groups. The predictive ability of UAR for high CIMT was compared with systemic immune inflammation index (SII), neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and C-reactive protein/albumin ratio (CAR). A two-sided p-value <0.05 was accepted as statistically significant. RESULTS Patients with high CIMT were older and had higher UAR, SII, NLR, and CAR than low CIMT. Age, UAR, SII, NLR, and CAR, but not PLR, were associated with high CIMT. In multivariable analysis, age, CRP, SII, and UAR were independent predictors of high CIMT. The discrimination ability of UAR was higher than uric acid, albumin, SII, NLR, and CAR, and UAR had a higher model fit than those variables. UAR had higher additive improvement in detecting high CIMT than other variables, as assessed with net-reclassification improvement, IDI, and C-statistics. UAR was also significantly correlated with CIMT. CONCLUSION UAR might be used to predict high CIMT and might be useful for risk stratification in hypertensive patients.
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- Faysal Şaylık
- Departamento de Cardiologia, Universidade de Ciências da Saúde, Van Training and Education Hospital, Van - Turquia
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- Departamento de Cardiologia, Universidade de Ciências da Saúde, Sultan II. Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul - Turquia
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- Departamento de Cardiologia, Universidade de Ciências da Saúde, Sultan II. Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul - Turquia
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- Departamento de Cardiologia e Bioestatística, Istanbul Nisantasi University, Istanbul - Turquia
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Zhang Y, Xu Z, He W, Lin Z, Liu Y, Dai Y, Chen W, Chen W, He W, Duan C, He P, Liu Y, Tan N. Elevated Serum Uric Acid/Albumin Ratio as a Predictor of Post-Contrast Acute Kidney Injury After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. J Inflamm Res 2022; 15:5361-5371. [PMID: 36131782 PMCID: PMC9484828 DOI: 10.2147/jir.s377767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background The serum uric acid/albumin ratio (sUAR), a novel inflammatory marker, effectively predicts acute kidney injury (AKI) and cardiovascular outcomes. However, whether the sUAR predicts post-contrast acute kidney injury (PC-AKI) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains uncertain. In this study, we evaluated the association between the sUAR and PC-AKI in patients with STEMI undergoing PCI. Methods We consecutively recruited patients with STEMI who underwent PCI and stratified them into three groups according to the terciles of the sUAR. The primary outcome was the incidence of PC-AKI. The association between the sUAR and PC-AKI was assessed by multivariate logistic regression analysis. Results A total of 2861 patients with STEMI were included in this study. The incidence of PC-AKI increased stepwise with increasing sUAR tercile (2.6% vs 4.0% vs 11.6%, p < 0.001), and the incidence of in-hospital major adverse clinical events (MACEs) was highest among patients in the Q3 group. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the sUAR was also an independent predictor of PC-AKI (continuous sUAR, per 1-unit increase, odds ratio [OR] [95% confidence interval (CI)]: 1.06 [1.02–1.10], p = 0.005; tercile of sUAR, OR [95% CI] for Q2 and Q3: 1.18 [0.69–2.01] and 1.85 [1.12–3.06], respectively, with Q1 as a reference) but not in-hospital MACEs. In the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, the area under the curve (AUC) of the sUAR for predicting PC-AKI was 0.708 (95% CI: 0.666–0.751), and ROC analysis also showed that the sUAR was superior to uric acid and albumin alone in predicting PC-AKI. Conclusion Increasing sUAR was significantly associated with a higher risk of PC-AKI but not in-hospital MACEs in patients with STEMI who underwent PCI, suggesting that sUAR had a predictive value for PC-AKI after PCI in patients with STEMI. Further studies are required to confirm this finding.
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- Yeshen Zhang
- Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coronary Heart Disease Prevention, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, People's Hospital of Baoan Shenzhen, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital's Nanhai Hospital, the Second People's Hospital of Nanhai District Foshan City, Foshan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coronary Heart Disease Prevention, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coronary Heart Disease Prevention, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coronary Heart Disease Prevention, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fujian Provincial Clinical College of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fujian Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coronary Heart Disease Prevention, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coronary Heart Disease Prevention, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coronary Heart Disease Prevention, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coronary Heart Disease Prevention, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coronary Heart Disease Prevention, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Li S, Chen H, Zhou L, Cui H, Liang S, Li H. The uric acid to albumin ratio: a novel predictor of long-term cardiac mortality in patients with unstable angina pectoris after percutaneous coronary intervention. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation 2022; 82:304-310. [PMID: 35675042 DOI: 10.1080/00365513.2022.2084698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
The prognosis of unstable angina pectoris (UAP) differs from non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is considered to improve outcomes of UAP. This study aimed to assess the prognostic value of uric acid to albumin ratio (UAR) for long-term mortality in UAP patients after PCI. Our study retrospectively enrolled 2298 patients hospitalized because of UAP in a tertiary hospital. Divided by medium UAR, the patients were classified into two groups. Baseline demographics, clinical features and laboratory characteristics were obtained from medical records. Post-discharge follow-up was performed either in outdoor clinic or through phone call. The primary endpoint in this study was cardiac death, while all-cause death and rehospitalization were designated as the secondary endpoints. The median follow-up time was 672 days. Among all patients, 58 (2.5%) died, 28 of which died of cardiac deaths (1.2%), and 467 were re-hospitalized (20.3%). Cardiac mortality and all-cause mortality were found to be significantly higher in the high UAR group than in the low UAR group (p = 0.007, p < 0.001), and Kaplan-Meier analysis showed patients with higher UAR may suffer from worse outcomes (p = 0.020). UAR, PCI history, and age were identified as independent predictors of cardiac mortality by multivariate Cox regression. A UAR value of >8.35 was demonstrated as an ideal cut-off point to predict post-PCI cardiac mortality (p <0.001). Overall, it is indicated that baseline UAR was independently correlated with long-term cardiac mortality in patients with UAP treated by PCI.
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- Shunbao Li
- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China.,Department of Cardiology, Baoding First Central Hospital, Baoding, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China
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Şaylık F, Çınar T, Akbulut T, Selçuk M. Serum Uric Acid to Albumin Ratio Can Predict Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Angiology 2022:33197221091605. [PMID: 35451314 DOI: 10.1177/00033197221091605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is one of the common complication of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) following primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI). Serum uric acid to albumin ratio (UAR) is a novel marker, which is associated with acute kidney injury in intensive care unit patients. We investigated the predictive value of UAR for the development of CIN in STEMI patients (n = 1379) after pPCI. The diagnosis of CIN was made based on an increase of basal creatinine levels >.5 mg/dL or 25% within 72 h after pPCI; 128 patients were in the CIN (+) group and 1251 patients were in the CIN (-) group. CIN (+) patients had higher serum uric acid (SUA), UAR, and lower albumin levels than CIN (-) patients. Age, diabetes, hypertension, hemoglobin, glucose at admission, basal creatinine, peak troponin I, total bilirubin, contrast volume/glomerular filtration rate, and UAR were independent predictors of CIN. A cutoff value of 1.62 for UAR detected CIN development with a sensitivity of 54% and specificity of 87.4%, and the discrimination ability of UAR was better than that of SUA or albumin. In conclusion, UAR was an independent predictor of the development of CIN.
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- Faysal Şaylık
- 215299Van Education and Research Hospital, Van, Turkey
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- 506079Sultan Abdulhamid Han Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- 506079Sultan Abdulhamid Han Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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