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Association of uric acid and uric acid to creatinine ratio with chronic kidney disease in hypertensive patients.

Nathalia Rabello SilvaCamila Evangelista Torres GonçalvesDanilo Lemes Naves GonçalvesRosângela Minardi Mitre CottaLuciana Saraiva da Silva
Published in: BMC nephrology (2021)
Elevated levels of isolated SUA were associated with CKD and eGFR. However, the SUA/SCr was not associated with CKD. We do not recommend using the SUA/SCr to predict CKD in hypertensive patients.
Keyphrases
  • uric acid
  • hypertensive patients
  • chronic kidney disease
  • blood pressure
  • end stage renal disease
  • metabolic syndrome
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