Session Information
Session Type: Poster Session C
Session Time: 1:00PM-3:00PM
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Gout are related with increased cardiovascular (CV) disease. Carotid plaques and increased carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) are surrogate markers of CV mortality. Serum uric acid (SUA) levels as an independent factor of subclinical Atherosclerosis and mortality in RA remains unclarified. Set the relation between SUA with CV risk factors and atherosclerosis.
Methods: Cross-sectional study with 1005 RA patients from a Single University Center. Atherosclerosis (c-IMT and carotid plaque) was explored by Carotid Ultrasonography. SUA and markers of subclinical atherosclerosis was studied by linear regression and logistic multivariate analysis.
Results: We studied 1005 RA patients (741 women, 74%), mean age 61±13. General features, CV risks factors, RA activity are included on TABLE. SUA as a dependent variable was significantly related with age, male gender and most of CV risk factors (body mass index, abdominal circumference, obesity) (single-variable analysis). Thus, a significate beta coef. [95%CI] positive relation with SUA was seen with hypertension (0.7 [0.5-0.8], p< 0.001), diabetes (0.5 [0.2-0.7], p< 0.001), dyslipidemia (0.2 [0.04-0.4], p=0.016), renal chronic insufficiency (1.5 [95CI 1,1-0.8], p< 0.001) and previous CV events (0.8 [0.4-1.2], p< 0.001). Subclinical Atherosclerosis, as a dependent variable, was significantly related with SUA (single-variable analysis). More, SUA showed a positive significate beta coef. [95%CI] relation with cIMT (18 [12-25], p< 0.001) and carotid plaques (1.29 [17-1.42], p< 0.001). But statistical significance was not seen in the multivariable analysis adjusted by Classic CV Risk Factors.
Conclusion: SUA is related with most of CV risk factors. But, is not associated with Subclinical Atherosclerosis.
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
Benavides Villanueva F, Corrales C, Ferraz Amaro I, Vegas Revenga N, Blanco R, Gonzalez Gay M, Corrales A. Subclinical Atherosclerosis Is Not Related with Acid Uric in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Study of 1005 Patients of a Single University Hospital [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022; 74 (suppl 9). https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/subclinical-atherosclerosis-is-not-related-with-acid-uric-in-rheumatoid-arthritis-study-of-1005-patients-of-a-single-university-hospital/. Accessed .« Back to ACR Convergence 2022
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