Association of Hyperuricemia with Hypertension in Patients Presenting in the Outpatient Department for Regular Follow–Up
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 Pa...
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| author | Asif Ali Malik Nadeem Azam Khan Imran Ali Muhammad Zahid Hussain Muhammad Shahid Khan Yasmeen Sajid |
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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<0.001).
Conclusion: Patients with hypertension showed a high frequency of hyperuricemia in our study. The long duration of hypertension and the use of multiple pharmacological agents to achieve adequate control of hypertension predicted raised levels of uric acid among hypertensive attending the routine outpatient clinic in our study.
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| spelling | doaj.art-88057ea1664e499199c48b164a4f88c72023-03-30T06:25:21ZengArmy Medical College RawalpindiPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal0030-96482411-88422023-02-0173110.51253/pafmj.v73i1.4714Association of Hyperuricemia with Hypertension in Patients Presenting in the Outpatient Department for Regular Follow–UpAsif Ali0Malik Nadeem Azam Khan1Imran Ali2Muhammad Zahid Hussain3Muhammad Shahid Khan4Yasmeen Sajid5Pak Emirates Military Hospital/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanPak Emirates Military Hospital/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanPak Emirates Military Hospital/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanPak Emirates Military Hospital/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanHeavy Industries Taxila Education City Institute of Medical Sciences, Taxila Cantt/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) PakistanMayo Hospital Lahore, Pakistan 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<0.001). Conclusion: Patients with hypertension showed a high frequency of hyperuricemia in our study. The long duration of hypertension and the use of multiple pharmacological agents to achieve adequate control of hypertension predicted raised levels of uric acid among hypertensive attending the routine outpatient clinic in our study. https://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/4714HypertensionHyperuricemiaSocio-demographic factors |
| spellingShingle | Asif Ali Malik Nadeem Azam Khan Imran Ali Muhammad Zahid Hussain Muhammad Shahid Khan Yasmeen Sajid Association of Hyperuricemia with Hypertension in Patients Presenting in the Outpatient Department for Regular Follow–Up Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal Hypertension Hyperuricemia Socio-demographic factors |
| title | Association of Hyperuricemia with Hypertension in Patients Presenting in the Outpatient Department for Regular Follow–Up |
| title_full | Association of Hyperuricemia with Hypertension in Patients Presenting in the Outpatient Department for Regular Follow–Up |
| title_fullStr | Association of Hyperuricemia with Hypertension in Patients Presenting in the Outpatient Department for Regular Follow–Up |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association of Hyperuricemia with Hypertension in Patients Presenting in the Outpatient Department for Regular Follow–Up |
| title_short | Association of Hyperuricemia with Hypertension in Patients Presenting in the Outpatient Department for Regular Follow–Up |
| title_sort | association of hyperuricemia with hypertension in patients presenting in the outpatient department for regular follow up |
| topic | Hypertension Hyperuricemia Socio-demographic factors |
| url | https://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/4714 |
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