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      A Relação entre a Relação Ácido Úrico/Albumina e a Espessura Média-Intimal da Carótida em Pacientes com Hipertensão Translated title: The Relationship between Uric Acid/Albumin Ratio and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Patients with Hypertension

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          Resumo Fundamento A hipertensão causa inflamação subendotelial e disfunção na aterosclerose resultante. A espessura média-intimal da carótida (EMIC) é um marcador útil de disfunção endotelial e aterosclerose. A razão ácido úrico/albumina (RUA) emergiu como um novo marcador para prever eventos cardiovasculares. Objetivo Nosso objetivo foi investigar a associação da RUA com a EIMC em pacientes hipertensos. Método Duzentos e dezesseis pacientes hipertensos consecutivos foram incluídos neste estudo prospectivo. Todos os pacientes foram submetidos a ultrassonografia de carótida para classificar baixos (EMIC < 0,9 mm) e altos (EMIC≥0,9 mm) grupos de EMIC. A capacidade preditiva da RUA para EMIC alta foi comparada com o índice de inflamação imune sistêmica (IIS), razão neutrófilo/linfócito (RNL), razão plaqueta/linfócito (RPL) e razão proteína C reativa/albumina (RCA). Um valor de p bilateral <0,05 foi aceito como estatisticamente significativo. Resultados Os pacientes com EMIC alta eram mais velhos e tinham maior RUA, IIS, RNL e RCA do que baixo EMIC. Idade, RUA, IIS, RNL e RCA, mas não RPL, foram associados a EMIC alta. Na análise multivariada, idade, PCR, IIS e RUA foram preditores independentes de EMIC alta. A capacidade de discriminação de RUA foi maior do que ácido úrico, albumina, IIS, RNL e RCA, e RUA teve um ajuste de modelo maior do que essas variáveis. RUA teve maior melhoria aditiva na detecção de EMIC alta do que outras variáveis, conforme avaliado com melhoria de reclassificação líquida, MDI e estatísticas C. RUA também foi significativamente correlacionada com EMIC. Conclusão RUA pode ser usado para prever EMIC alta e pode ser útil para estratificação de risco em pacientes hipertensos.

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          Abstract Background Hypertension causes subendothelial inflammation and dysfunction in resulting atherosclerosis. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is a useful marker of endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis. The uric acid to albumin ratio (UAR) has emerged as a novel marker for predicting cardiovascular events. Objective We aimed to investigate the association of UAR with CIMT in hypertensive patients. Methods Two hundred sixteen consecutive hypertensive patients were enrolled in this prospective study. All patients underwent carotid ultrasonography to classify low (CIMT < 0.9 mm) and high (CIMT ≥ 0.9 mm) CIMT groups. The predictive ability of UAR for high CIMT was compared with systemic immune inflammation index (SII), neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and C-reactive protein/albumin ratio (CAR). A two-sided p-value <0.05 was accepted as statistically significant. Results Patients with high CIMT were older and had higher UAR, SII, NLR, and CAR than low CIMT. Age, UAR, SII, NLR, and CAR, but not PLR, were associated with high CIMT. In multivariable analysis, age, CRP, SII, and UAR were independent predictors of high CIMT. The discrimination ability of UAR was higher than uric acid, albumin, SII, NLR, and CAR, and UAR had a higher model fit than those variables. UAR had higher additive improvement in detecting high CIMT than other variables, as assessed with net-reclassification improvement, IDI, and C-statistics. UAR was also significantly correlated with CIMT. Conclusion UAR might be used to predict high CIMT and might be useful for risk stratification in hypertensive patients.

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                Journal
                abc
                Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
                Arq. Bras. Cardiol.
                Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                0066-782X
                1678-4170
                2023
                : 120
                : 5
                : e20220819
                Affiliations
                [2] Istanbul orgnameUniversidade de Ciências da Saúde orgdiv1Departamento de Cardiologia orgdiv2Sultan II. Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital Turquia
                [1] Van orgnameUniversidade de Ciências da Saúde orgdiv1Departamento de Cardiologia orgdiv2Van Training and Education Hospital Turquia
                [3] Istanbul orgnameIstanbul Nisantasi University orgdiv2Departamento de Cardiologia e Bioestatística Turquia
                Article
                S0066-782X2023000500302 S0066-782X(23)12000500302
                10.36660/abc.20220819
                a4f2fa89-5c40-4532-a775-fd5a203aa183

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 15 June 2022
                : 15 February 2023
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                Albumins,Hypertension,Biomarkers,Espessura Intima-Media Carotídea,Ácido úrico,Albuminas,hipertensão,Biomarcadores,Carotid Intima-Media Thickness,Uric Acid

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