Relation of Serum Uric Acid and Cardiovascular Events in Adults Aged 20-49 Years

In this study, we aimed to identify the association of medication na ïve SUA with incident CVD including myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) using a nationwide epidemiological database. We analyzed 353,613 participants aged 20–49 years, who were not taking uric acid lowering medications, and had no prevalent history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) using a nationwide health claims database collected in the JMDC Claims Database between 2005 and 2018.

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - June 14, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Hikari Seki, Hidehiro Kaneko, Hiroyuki Morita, Hidetaka Itoh, Kojiro Morita, Satoshi Matsuoka, Hiroyuki Kiriyama, Tatsuya Kamon, Katsuhito Fujiu, Nobuaki Michihata, Taisuke Jo, Norifumi Takeda, Yuichiro Yano, Sunao Nakamura, Koichi Node, Hideo Yasunaga, I Tags: Miscellaneous Source Type: research