• Am. J. Med. Sci. · Jul 2020

    Association Between Uric Acid and N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Patients With Unstable Angina Pectoris.

    • Heng Wei, Yanli Liu, and Hong Wen.
    • Department of Geriatric Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
    • Am. J. Med. Sci. 2020 Jul 1; 360 (1): 64-71.

    BackgroundThe association between uric acid and N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP) in patients with unstable angina pectoris (UAP) is unclear.MethodsWe recruited 260 patients with UAP admitted to the first affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University from February 2018 to August 2018. According to the level of uric acid, patients were divided into 4 groups (Q1 = 48.00-305.00 μmol/L; Q2 = 310.00-405.00 μmol/L; Q3 = 408.00-513.00 μmol/L; Q4 = 514.00-4330.00 μmol/L). The differences of NT-proBNP between groups and the relationship with cardiac function were compared.ResultsThe average age of the 260 patients enrolled was 75.04 years. The NT-proBNP of the 4 groups showed an increasing trend, and there were significant differences between the 4 groups (<0.001). On the other hand, with the increase of cardiac function (New York Heart Association), the levels of NT-proBNP and uric acid also showed an upward trend (all P < 0.05). Pearson correlation analysis showed that there was a positive correlation between uric acid log10 transform and NT-proBNP log10 transform (r = 0.272, P < 0.001). After adjusting the potential confounding factors, elevated uric acid was still significantly related to the increase of NT-proBNP (Q2 versus [vs.] Q1: OR = 469.64, 95%CI -1396.77 to 2336.05; Q3 vs. Q1: OR = 1166.53, 95%CI -726.12 to 3059.18; Q4 vs. Q1: OR = 3204.78, 95%CI 1240.86-5168.70). In subgroup analysis, the relationship between uric acid and NT-proBNP was significant in males, but no difference was observed in females.ConclusionsIn male patients with UAP, elevated uric acid is related to the increase of NT-proBNP, but this phenomenon is not obvious in female patients.Copyright © 2020 Southern Society for Clinical Investigation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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