A correlation between hyperuricemia and renal target organ damage (TOD) was shown in hypertensive patients, locally mediated by the activation of renin-angiotensin system (RAS). We investigated whether high serum uric acid (UA) levels could negatively affect tubulointerstitial damage in hyperuricemic essential hypertensive patients with normal renal function, on treatment with RAS-blocking drugs. METHODS We studied 40 patients with World Health Organization stage I-II essential hypertension, 9 with high serum UA levels (hyperuricemic group) and 31 with normal serum UA levels (normouricemic group, either normouricemics, n = 15, or formerly hyperuricemics in chronic allopurinol treatment, n = 16). All patients were on RAS-blocking drugs (either angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II receptors blockers). Evaluation of renal TOD included urinary albumin excretion (UAE), Doppler ultrasound renal resistive index (RRI) and renal volume-to-resistive index ratio (RV/RRI) measurements. RESULTS Hyperuricemics had significantly higher RRI and lower RV/RRI values than normouricemics. Creatinine clearance and UAE were similar between groups. Linear regression analysis showed that RV/RRI values were inversely related to serum UA levels (r = -0.57, P < 0.01). The logistic regression analysis selected serum UA as an independent predictor of decreased RV/RRI (odds ratio 4.45, 95% Cl 1.47-13.45, P = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS In hyperuricemic hypertensives normal serum UA levels are associated with normal RV/RRI, integrated marker of tubulointerstitial damage and renal arteriolopathy, independently of RAS activation.

Serum uric acid levels and renal damage in hyperuricemic hypertensive patients treated with renin-angiotensin system blockers / Berni A; Boddi M; Fattori EB; Cecioni I; Berardino S; Montuschi F; Chiostri M; Poggesi L.. - In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. - ISSN 0895-7061. - ELETTRONICO. - 23:(2010), pp. 675-680. [10.1038/ajh.2010.33]

Serum uric acid levels and renal damage in hyperuricemic hypertensive patients treated with renin-angiotensin system blockers.

BODDI, MARIA;BERARDINO, SABINO;CHIOSTRI, MARCO;POGGESI, LOREDANA
2010

Abstract

A correlation between hyperuricemia and renal target organ damage (TOD) was shown in hypertensive patients, locally mediated by the activation of renin-angiotensin system (RAS). We investigated whether high serum uric acid (UA) levels could negatively affect tubulointerstitial damage in hyperuricemic essential hypertensive patients with normal renal function, on treatment with RAS-blocking drugs. METHODS We studied 40 patients with World Health Organization stage I-II essential hypertension, 9 with high serum UA levels (hyperuricemic group) and 31 with normal serum UA levels (normouricemic group, either normouricemics, n = 15, or formerly hyperuricemics in chronic allopurinol treatment, n = 16). All patients were on RAS-blocking drugs (either angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II receptors blockers). Evaluation of renal TOD included urinary albumin excretion (UAE), Doppler ultrasound renal resistive index (RRI) and renal volume-to-resistive index ratio (RV/RRI) measurements. RESULTS Hyperuricemics had significantly higher RRI and lower RV/RRI values than normouricemics. Creatinine clearance and UAE were similar between groups. Linear regression analysis showed that RV/RRI values were inversely related to serum UA levels (r = -0.57, P < 0.01). The logistic regression analysis selected serum UA as an independent predictor of decreased RV/RRI (odds ratio 4.45, 95% Cl 1.47-13.45, P = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS In hyperuricemic hypertensives normal serum UA levels are associated with normal RV/RRI, integrated marker of tubulointerstitial damage and renal arteriolopathy, independently of RAS activation.
2010
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Berni A; Boddi M; Fattori EB; Cecioni I; Berardino S; Montuschi F; Chiostri M; Poggesi L.
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