Association of Hyperuricemia with Hypertension in Patients Presenting in the Outpatient Department for Regular Follow–Up
| Autor: | Asif Ali, Malik Nadeem Azam Khan, Imran Ali, Muhammad Zahid Hussain, Muhammad Shahid Khan, Yasmeen Sajid |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 73, Iss 1 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0030-9648 2411-8842 |
| DOI: | 10.51253/pafmj.v73i1.4714 |
| Popis: | Objective: To determine the association of hyperuricemia with hypertension in patients presenting in the Outpatient Department for regular follow-up. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of General Medicine, Pak Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan, from Jun 2019 to 2020. Methodology: Three-hundred patients suffering from hypertension for more than years were recruited in this study. They were evaluated for hyperuricemia during a routine follow-up visit by performing serum uric acid levels. Results: Out of 300 hypertension patients included in the study, 187(62.3%) had no hyperuricemia, while 113(37.7%) showed the presence of hyperuricemia on routine analysis. The mean age of the study participants was 41.72±6.98 years. The mean duration of hypertension in our patients was 6.61±2.75 years. Polypharmacy and long duration of illness had a significant association with the presence of hyperuricemia among the study participants (p-value |
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