Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effect of serum uric acid (SUA) on all-cause mortality and cardio-cerebrovascular diseases mortality in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients.
Methods Clinical data were retrospectively collected from MHD patients in Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2016. The patients were categorized into low SUA group (SUA ≤399 μmol/L), medium SUA group (SUA 400-460 μmol/L), and high SUA group (SUA≥461 μmol/L) according to the tertiles of SUA level. The clinical data and laboratory examination results were compared among the three groups. The survival curves were plotted by Kaplan-Meier, and log-rank test were used to compare the survival rates among the three groups. Multivariate Cox regression was used to analyze the associations between SUA and all-cause mortality and cardio-cerebrovascular diseases mortality in MHD patients.
Results A total of 436 MHD patients were enrolled, including 149 in low SUA group, 144 in medium SUA group, and 143 in high SUA group. The median follow-up time was 59.7(38.4, 60.9) months. During the follow-up, 130 deaths were recorded, of which 90(69.2%) were due to cardio-cerebrovascular diseases. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that the all-cause survival rate and cardio-cerebrovascular diseases survival rate of patients in low SUA group were lower than those in medium SUA group and high SUA group (P<0.05). After adjusting for age, gender, comorbidities and other factors, the multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that the risk of all-cause mortality in patients decreased by 2.6% (HR=0.974, 95%CI 0.952-0.996, P=0.022) and the risk of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases mortality decreased by 3.7% (HR=0.963, 95%CI 0.937-0.991, P=0.008) for each 10 μmol/L increase in SUA level. The risks of all-cause mortality and cardio-cerebrovascular diseases mortality were significantly higher in low SUA group compared to high SUA group (HR=1.841, 95%CI 1.138-2.979, P=0.013; HR=2.353, 95%CI 1.288-4.300, P=0.005).
Conclusions Low SUA level is independently associated with all-cause mortality and cardio-cerebrovascular diseases mortality in MHD patients.