Urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio associates with hypertension and current disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study.
Hiroto MinaminoMasao KatsushimaMotomu HashimotoYoshihito FujitaTamami YoshidaKaori IkedaNozomi IsomuraYasuo OguriWataru YamamotoRyu WatanabeKosaku MurakamiKoichi MurataKohei NishitaniMasao TanakaHiromu ItoKoichiro OhmuraShuichi MatsudaNobuya InagakiAkio MorinobuPublished in: Arthritis research & therapy (2021)
Urinary Na/K ratio was independently associated with current disease activity as well as with prevalence of hypertension in RA patients. Thus, dietary modifications such as salt restriction and potassium supplementation should be investigated as a potential candidate for attenuating both disease activity and hypertension in RA patients.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- end stage renal disease
- blood pressure
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- risk factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- physical activity
- patient reported outcomes
- mass spectrometry
- interstitial lung disease
- risk assessment
- atomic force microscopy