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  • This study explored how serum uric acid (SUA) levels relate to the risk of dying from any cause and specifically from cardiovascular issues in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD).
  • A systematic review was conducted, analyzing 14 cohort studies with a total of 24,022 PD patients, focusing on both prospective and retrospective data.
  • Results showed that higher SUA levels in prospective studies correlated with increased mortality risk, whereas retrospective studies did not find significant associations between SUA levels and mortality.

Article Abstract

Objectives: To analyse the relationship between serum uric acid (SUA), all-cause and cardiovascular (CV) mortality in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients to inform clinical practice and future research.

Design: A systematic review of observational studies.

Data Sources: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), SinoMed, Chinese Science and Technology Journal Database (VIP) and Wan Fang databases were searched from their inception to January 2021 for cohort and case-control studies reporting SUA and mortality in patients with PD.

Methods: The Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale was used to appraise quality of cohort and case-control studies. Effect estimates were presented as HRs with 95% CIs in a meta-analysis using STATA V.16.0. Data not suitable for pooling were synthesised qualitatively.

Results: Fourteen cohort studies with 24 022 patients were included. No case-control studies were identified. For prospective cohort studies, pooled results for the highest SUA category were significantly greater than the lowest for all-cause (one study; 1278participants; HR 1.79; 95% CI 1.17 to 2.75) and CV mortality (one study; 1278 participants; HR 2.63; 1.62-4.27). An increase of 1 mg/dL in SUA level was associated with a 16% increased risk of all-cause mortality (one study; 1278 participants; HR 1.16; 1.03-1.32) and 34% increased CV mortality risk (one study; 1278 participants; HR 1.34; 1.16-1.55). For retrospective cohort studies, the highest SUA category did not demonstrate an elevated all-cause (five studies; 4570 participants; HR 1.09; 0.70-1.70) or CV mortality (three studies; 3748 participants; HR 1.00; 0.44-2.31) compared with the lowest SUA category. Additionally, there was no increase in all-cause (eight studies; 11 541 participants; HR 0.94; 0.88-1.02) or CV mortality (three studies; 7427 participants; HR 0.90; 0.76-1.06) for every 1 mg/dL increase in SUA level.

Conclusions: Results of prospective and retrospective cohort studies were inconsistent. Consequently, prospective, multicentre, long-term follow-up studies are required to confirm the relationship between SUA and mortality in patients with PD.

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