Abstracts tagged "hyperuricemia and young adults"

Abstract Number: 2243 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sex Difference of the Association between Serum Urate and Blood Pressure in Young Adults
Angelo Gaffo¹, Elizabeth J. Rahn², Tanja Dudenbostel¹, Amy S. Mudano¹, Peng Li³, David T. Redden³, Stephanie Biggers¹, Phillip J. Foster², Paul M. Muntner⁴, Suzanne Oparil⁵, David A. Calhoun⁵ and Kenneth Saag¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Serum urate (sUA) has been associated with blood pressure in most but not all studies. This study aims to test whether there are sex…
Abstract Number: 2287 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Urate and Its Association with Endothelial Dysfunction in Young Adults
Michael B. Saddekni¹, Kenneth G. Saag¹, Tanja Dudenbostel², Suzanne Oparil², David A. Calhoun², Daniel I. Feig³, Paul M. Muntner⁴, David T. Redden⁵, Phillip J. Foster¹, Elizabeth J. Rahn¹, Stephanie R. Biggers¹, Peng Li⁵ and Angelo L. Gaffo¹, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Both serum urate (sUA) and endothelial dysfunction have been associated with hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Increasing sUA level has been associated with endothelial dysfunction…