Abstract:
Background Clinical classification based on uric acid metabolism is helpful to guide the personalized treatments of hyperuricemia (HUA). However, few studies have investigated the characteristics of different types of HUA in hypertensive patients, and its comorbidities and target organ damage are still unknown.
Objective To analyze the clinical manifestations and renal damage in hypertensive patients with different types of HUA.
Methods From December 2020 to August 2022, 174 inpatients with hypertension and hyperuricemia admitted to Department of Cardiology, the Sixth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital were recruited. According to 24-h urinary urate excretion (UUE) combined with fractional excretion of urate (FEUA), all patients were divided into 4 metabolic types: renal overload type, underexcretion type, normal type, and combined type. Clinical features of 4 metabolic types were analyzed. Multiple linear regression analysis was used for association of clinical classification with renal damage (24h urinary albumin and eGFR).
Results Of the 174 inpatients with hypertension and hyperuricemia, 28.16% were renal overload type, 30.46% were underexcretion type, 14.37% were normal type and 27.01% were combined type. In terms of renal damage, patients with the normal type had the lowest level of 24 h urinary albumin 11.00 (5.00,54.00) mg/24 h and the lowest level of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (70.64 ± 20.20 mL/min·1.73 m2), while the patients with combined type had the highest level of 24 h urinary albumin 24.00 (11.00,48.00) mg/24 h and the highest level of eGFR (100.63 ± 15.34 mL/min·1.73 m2). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that compared with underexcretion type, renal overload type (β=0.31, P=0.005) and combined type (β=0.35, P=0.002) had higher level of 24h urinary albumin. Compared with underexcretion type, the normal type had lower eGFR (β=8.07, P=0.022) and the combined type had higher eGFR (β=6.84, P=0.017).
Conclusion The renal damage in hypertensive patients with hyperuricemia mainly represents elevated urinary albumin level in the combined type, while the normal type is manifested with decreased eGFR.