[PDF][PDF] Is it time to revise the normal range of serum uric acid levels?

G Desideri, G Castaldo, A Lombardi… - European Review for …, 2014 - europeanreview.org
The actual reference range of serum uric acid has been assessed according to its variations
among healthy individuals. ie those without clinical evidence of gout. By this approach …

Hyperuricemia and cardiovascular risk

D Grassi, G Desideri, AV Di Giacomantonio… - High Blood Pressure & …, 2014 - Springer
There is an increasing prevalence of gout and hyperuricemia worldwide. Gout confers a
significant individual and social burden and is increasingly recognized as a prevalent …

Prevalence of hyperuricemia and the relationship between serum uric acid and metabolic syndrome in the Asian Mongolian area

L You, A Liu, G Wuyun, H Wu, P Wang - Journal of atherosclerosis …, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Aim: To investigate the prevalence of hyperuricemia and the association between the serum
uric aci (SUA) levels and incidence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in the Mongolian area of …

As compared to allopurinol, urate-lowering therapy with febuxostat has superior effects on oxidative stress and pulse wave velocity in patients with severe chronic …

AK Tausche, M Christoph, M Forkmann… - Rheumatology …, 2014 - Springer
We prospectively evaluated whether an effective 12-month uric acid-lowering therapy (ULT)
with the available xanthine oxidase (XO) inhibitors allopurinol and febuxostat in patients with …

Serum uric acid levels and metabolic syndrome

S Ciarla, M Struglia, P Giorgini, R Striuli… - … of physiology and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To investigate the relationship among serum uric acid levels and metabolic
syndrome. Materials and methods: Anthropometric parameters, serum uric acid and …

[HTML][HTML] Sweetened beverage consumption and the risk of hyperuricemia in Mexican adults: a cross-sectional study

J Meneses-Leon, E Denova-Gutiérrez… - BMC Public Health, 2014 - Springer
Background The prevalence of hyperuricemia has doubled worldwide during the last few
decades. The substantial increase in sweetened beverage (SB) consumption has also …

Serum uric acid and cardiovascular risk: state of the art and perspectives

G Fenech, G Rajzbaum, M Mazighi, J Blacher - Joint Bone Spine, 2014 - Elsevier
Hyperuricaemia is commonly found in subjects with cardiovascular disease, but its role as
risk factor is very controversial. Although several studies reported serum uric acid as a …

Therapeutic approaches to chronic hyperuricemia and gout

D Grassi, R Pontremoli, R Bocale, C Ferri… - High Blood Pressure & …, 2014 - Springer
Gout is currently one of the most common causes of inflammatory arthritis in most
industrialised countries. Apart from its high frequency, gout is associated with disability, poor …

New insight into urate-related mechanism of cardiovascular damage

D Grassi, G Desideri, C Ferri - Current pharmaceutical design, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Several experimental and clinical studies reported that hyperuricemia may trigger
hypertension, metabolic syndrome, vascular damage and renal disease. Furthermore, a …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship between red cell distribution width and serum uric acid in patients with untreated essential hypertension

M Luo, ZZ Li, YY Li, LZ Chen, SP Yan, P Chen… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
We assessed whether red cell distribution width (RDW) is associated with serum uric acid
(UA) level in a group of 512 patients with newly diagnosed hypertension, recruited in …