Association between serum uric acid with diabetes and other biochemical markers
Saif Aboud M Alqahtani1, Zuhier A Awan2,3, Mohammed Yahia Alasmary4
1Internal Medicine Department, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Objective:
This study aimed to decipher the association between serum uric acid (UA) and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in the population from the southern region of Saudi Arabia.
Method:
In this retrospective cross-sectional investigation, clinical data obtained from the different commercial laboratories in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia were screened over 2 years. Data were analyzed using standard statistical methods.
Results:
A total of 1984 laboratory investigations with 1215 females (61.2%) and 769 males (38.6%) were included in the data analysis. In our investigation, the prevalence of hyperuricemia in the study population was 53.5% (41.2% females and 12.3% males) and in the diabetic population was 12.7% (9.47% females and 3.23% males), in prediabetics was 12.65% (9.8% females and 2.85% males), respectively. Prediabetic subjects had higher UA levels than people with diabetes or healthy people. Higher UA quartiles were associated with a high level of urea, blood urea nitrogen (BUN) creatinine, HbA1c, fasting blood sugar (FBS), and total cholesterol (TC) (P < 0.05). High UA (OR = 1.33 for diabetes; OR = 2.676 for prediabetes), high BUN (OR = 3.05 for diabetes; OR = 2.293 for prediabetes), high TC (OR = 3.75 for diabetes; OR = 1.098 for prediabetes), and high TG (OR = 2.67 for diabetes; OR = 1.943 for prediabetes) parameters are the most influential risk factor in diabetic and prediabetic patients than the people who have normal UA, BUN, TC, and TG value.
Conclusion:
High UA levels are significantly associated with prediabetes as defined by HbA1c criteria, indicating that UA has a significant role in the disturbance of glucose metabolism. A significant positive association was observed between dyslipidemia and serum UA in the study population.
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