Serum Uric Acid Levels Predict Mortality Risk in Male Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients.
Front Neurol
; 12: 602663, 2021.
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
To explore the associations between serum uric acid levels with survival in male and female ALS patients.Methods:
A longitudinal cohort study was carried out including 313 sporadic and 16 familial ALS patients with repeated serum uric acid measurements. Multivariate Cox regression models were used to evaluate the survival-related factors.Results:
There were 207 male and 122 female, and the mean age of onset was 55.7 ± 11.2 years old. The male patients had significantly higher baseline uric acid levels than that in female patients (342.4 ± 91.4 vs. 279.3 ± 71.4 µmol/L; p < 0.0001). The uric acid levels were inversely associated with the decline rate of ALSFRS-R per month (ΔALSFRS-R). After multivariate Cox regression analysis, a survival advantage was found in male, but not female, with higher serum uric acid levels. In males, a shorter diagnostic delay (≤10 m), lower BMI at baseline (≤18.70 kg/m2), faster disease progression (ΔALSFRS-R > 0.63), and lower baseline uric acid levels (≤292 µmol/L, HR 1.936; 95% CI 1.334-2.810) were associated with a shorter survival. During follow-up, the serum uric acid levels were not significantly altered over time.Conclusion:
There is an inverse correlation between baseline serum uric acid levels and risk of death, prominently in male ALS patients.
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Revista:
Front Neurol
Año:
2021
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Article
País de afiliación:
China