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ArticleJournal of human hypertension2021

Hyperuricemia is independently associated with hypertension in men under 60 years in a general Chinese population.

Tingting Qian, Hui Sun, Qun Xu, Xujuan Hou, Wenqi Hu, Guang Zhang, Grant R Drummond, Christopher G Sobey, Fadi J Charchar, Jonathan Golledge and 2 more

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Article in Journal of human hypertension, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Tingting Qian *Department of Geriatric Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, China.
Hui Sun *Department of Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China.
Qun XuDepartment of Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China.
Xujuan HouThe Health Physical Examination Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China.
Wenqi HuThe Health Physical Examination Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China.
Guang ZhangThe Health Physical Examination Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China.
Grant R DrummondCentre for Cardiovascular Biology and Disease Research and Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.
Christopher G SobeyCentre for Cardiovascular Biology and Disease Research and Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.
Fadi J CharcharDiscipline of Life Sciences, School of Science, Psychology and Sport, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, VIC, 3350, Australia.
Jonathan GolledgeQueensland Research Centre for Peripheral Vascular Disease, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia.
Yutang WangDiscipline of Life Sciences, School of Science, Psychology and Sport, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, VIC, 3350, Australia. yutang.wang@federation.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-6443
Guang YangDepartment of Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China. yangg1972@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4809-8460
Shandong First Medical University · CNFederation University · AULa Trobe University · AUTownsville Hospital · AUWeifang Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyperuricemia has been associated with hypertension, however, whether this association exists across all decades of adult life is unknown. This study aimed to assess the association between hyperuricemia and hypertension in relation to age. This retrospective cross-sectional study included a total of 22,556 adult Chinese people who attended Health Physical Examination in a Chinese hospital. Participants were aged between 18 and 95 years (mean [standard deviation], 45.4 [14.0]). Serum uric acid levels and blood pressure were measured. Associations between serum uric acid and blood pressure, and between hyperuricemia and hypertension diagnosis were analyzed using linear or logistic regression, adjusting for confounding risk factors including age, sex, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and fasting blood glucose. Sub-analysis was stratified by age and sex. Before adjustment, high serum uric acid was associated with higher systolic blood pressure (β = 0.214, P < 0.001) and higher diastolic blood pressure (β = 0.271, P < 0.001). Hyperuricemia was associated with hypertension diagnosis (OR, 1.763; 95% CI, 1.635-1.901; P < 0.001) in an unadjusted analysis. These findings remained significant after adjusting for confounding factors. Sub-analysis suggested that the association between uric acid and blood pressure was weaker in older age groups and the association between hyperuricemia and hypertension was limited to people under 60 years. Hyperuricemia was independently associated with hypertension diagnosis in men but not in women, and the independent association between hyperuricemia and hypertension only presented in men under 60 years. This study suggests that hyperuricemia is independently associated with hypertension in Chinese men under 60 years.

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HypertensionHyperuricemiaAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsUric AcidYoung AdultUric Acid

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PMID33318645
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