What is it about?
Our study suggests that an independent association exists of elevated serum uric acid levels with the incidence of impaired renal function and renal progression in the Southeast Asian community-based population. Impaired renal function was defined as eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 over 3 months.
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Why is it important?
Limited evidence exists in a Southeast Asian community-based population. According to the study's result, early detection and intervention of hyperuricemia should be concerned as a part of Chronic kidney disease (CKD) prevention.
Perspectives
This study guides us to concern about the possibility of urate-lowering therapy to prevent kidney damage and the benefit of treatment of hyperuricemia which results of current studies were unclear. Larger randomized controlled trials are required to study the effect of uric acid-lowering therapy on CKD progression.
Noppawit Aiumtrakul
Phramongkutklao Hospital
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This page is a summary of: Hyperuricemia and Impaired Renal Function: A Prospective Cohort Study, Kidney Diseases, November 2020, Karger Publishers,
DOI: 10.1159/000511196.
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