Abstracts tagged "metabolic syndrome and uric acid"

Abstract Number: 2293 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Cardiometabolic Risk and Subclinical Urate Deposits in Patients with Symptomatic Hyperuricemia and Metabolic Syndrome
Seoyoung C. Kim¹, Rajesh Garg², Stacy Smith³, Alyssa Wohlfahrt⁴, Anarosa Campos⁵, Kathleen Vanni⁴, Lauren K Lee⁶, Penny Wang⁶, Zhi Yu⁷, Marcelo Di Carli⁸ and Daniel H. Solomon⁹, ¹Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy; Pharmacoepidemiologyand Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Endocrinology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Radiology/Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging & Intervention, Brigham & Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Rheumatology Immunology & Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Div. of Nuclear Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Elevated serum uric acid (sUA) levels, with and without gout, are associated with systemic inflammation, coronary artery disease (CAD), chronic kidney disease, and diabetes.…
Abstract Number: 162 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Metabolic Syndrome: The Genesis of Nephrolithiasis in Gout Patients
Filipi M. Mello¹, Rafael B. Tomita², Ricardo Fuller³, Marco Antonio G. P. Filho², Thiago B. M. Barros⁴, Leandro L. do Prado², Kristopherson L. Augusto² and Claudia Goldenstein-Schainberg⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Rheumatology Division - University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Reumatologia, Reumatologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology, Reumatologia Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Reumatologia, Rheumatology Division - University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Gout patients have a high frequency of metabolic syndrome (MS), a disorder known to be associated with hyperinsulinemia. The latter condition augments proximal tubular…