The Relationship between the Level of Serum Uric Acid and the Disease Severity in Patients with Hypertension

Objective:To investigate the relationship between the level of serum uric acid and the disease severity in patients with essential hypertension.Methods:The level of serum uric acid was measured in 120 cases with essential hypertension on different risk stratification (60 cases were stratified at high and very high risk,60 cases were moderate and low stratification) and in 40 caes healthy controls. Resuls: The level of serum uric acid in patients with essential hypertension was significantly higher than that in the healthy control groups ( P 0.01) .The positive outcome of hyperuricemia(HUA) was 41.67% in patients,which was higher than in healthy controls (10.0% , P 0.01). In addition, the level of serum uric acid in the high risky subgroup was higher than patients of low subgroup (P0.05) ,and the respective positive outcome of HUA was also higher (51.67%)than in the low subgroup(31.6% , P 0.05) . Conclusions:The level of serum uric acid in essential hypertension is significantly higher than in healthy controls and it relates to the development of the disease.