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Serum uric acid and prognosis of ischemic stroke: Cohort study, meta-analysis and Mendelian randomization study
Jinghui Zhong1, Huan Cai2, Zhizhong Zhang3
1Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Introduction:
The role of serum uric acid (UA) levels in the functional recovery of ischemic stroke remains uncertain. To evaluate whether UA could predict clinical outcomes in patients with ischemic stroke.
Patients And Methods:
A three-stage study design was employed, combining a large-scale prospective cohort study, a meta-analysis and a Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis. Firstly, we conducted a cohort study using data from the Nanjing Stroke Registry Program (NSRP) to assess the association between UA levels and 3-month functional outcomes in ischemic stroke patients. Secondly, the meta-analysis was conducted to integrate currently available cohort evidence. Lastly, MR analysis was utilized to explore whether genetically determined UA had a causal link to the functional outcomes of ischemic stroke using summary data from the CKDGen and GISCOME datasets.
Results:
In the first stage, the cohort study included 5631 patients and found no significant association between UA levels and functional outcomes at 3 months after ischemic stroke. In the second stage, the meta-analysis, including 10 studies with 14,657 patients, also showed no significant association between UA levels and stroke prognosis. Finally, in the third stage, MR analysis using data from 6165 patients in the GISCOME study revealed no evidence of a causal relationship between genetically determined UA and stroke functional outcomes.
Discussion And Conclusion:
Our comprehensive triangulation approach found no significant association between UA levels and functional outcomes at 3 months after ischemic stroke.
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