TY - JOUR
T1 - Association between serum uric acid, aortic, carotid and femoral stiffness among adults aged 40-75 years without and with type 2 diabetes mellitus
T2 - The Maastricht Study
AU - Wijnands, José M A
AU - Boonen, Annelies
AU - van Sloten, Thomas T
AU - Schram, Miranda T
AU - Sep, Simone J S
AU - Koster, Annemarie
AU - van der Kallen, Carla J H
AU - Henry, Ronald M A
AU - Dagnelie, Pieter C
AU - Stehouwer, Coen D A
AU - van der Linden, Sjef
AU - Arts, Ilja C W
PY - 2015/8
Y1 - 2015/8
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Arterial stiffness may be a mechanism to explain the association between uric acid and cardiovascular disease. We aimed to analyse associations between serum uric acid and regional and local arterial stiffness, and assess potential differences related to sex and glucose metabolism status.METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed in 614 adults [52.6% men; mean age 58.7 ± 8.5 years; 23.2% type 2 diabetes mellitus (by design)] from The Maastricht Study. Arterial stiffness was assessed by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), distensibility, and compliance coefficient of the carotid and femoral artery, and carotid artery Young's elastic modulus.RESULTS: Higher uric acid (per SD of 74 μmol/l) was associated with greater stiffness indicated by a significantly higher cfPWV [β = 0.216 (95% confidence interval 0.061, 0.372); P = 0.006] and lower carotid distensibility coefficient [β = -0.633 (95% confidence interval -1.099, -0.166); P = 0.008] after adjustment for sex, age, and glucose metabolism status. Associations lost significance after adjusting for mean arterial pressure, BMI, waist, smoking status, heart rate, total : high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, triglycerides, estimated glomerular filtration rate, use of lipid-lowering, antihypertensive, and diabetes medication, and use of secondary uricosurics. No associations were found between uric acid and carotid compliance coefficient, carotid Young's elastic modulus, or stiffness of the femoral artery. A significant interaction (P < 0.10) with glucose metabolism status was found for cfPWV. However, none of the stratified associations were significant. There was no interaction with sex.CONCLUSION: Uric acid was not significantly associated with stiffness of the aorta, or the carotid or femoral artery among adults aged 40-75 years without and with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
AB - OBJECTIVE: Arterial stiffness may be a mechanism to explain the association between uric acid and cardiovascular disease. We aimed to analyse associations between serum uric acid and regional and local arterial stiffness, and assess potential differences related to sex and glucose metabolism status.METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed in 614 adults [52.6% men; mean age 58.7 ± 8.5 years; 23.2% type 2 diabetes mellitus (by design)] from The Maastricht Study. Arterial stiffness was assessed by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), distensibility, and compliance coefficient of the carotid and femoral artery, and carotid artery Young's elastic modulus.RESULTS: Higher uric acid (per SD of 74 μmol/l) was associated with greater stiffness indicated by a significantly higher cfPWV [β = 0.216 (95% confidence interval 0.061, 0.372); P = 0.006] and lower carotid distensibility coefficient [β = -0.633 (95% confidence interval -1.099, -0.166); P = 0.008] after adjustment for sex, age, and glucose metabolism status. Associations lost significance after adjusting for mean arterial pressure, BMI, waist, smoking status, heart rate, total : high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, triglycerides, estimated glomerular filtration rate, use of lipid-lowering, antihypertensive, and diabetes medication, and use of secondary uricosurics. No associations were found between uric acid and carotid compliance coefficient, carotid Young's elastic modulus, or stiffness of the femoral artery. A significant interaction (P < 0.10) with glucose metabolism status was found for cfPWV. However, none of the stratified associations were significant. There was no interaction with sex.CONCLUSION: Uric acid was not significantly associated with stiffness of the aorta, or the carotid or femoral artery among adults aged 40-75 years without and with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Aorta/physiopathology
KW - Blood Glucose/metabolism
KW - Cardiovascular Diseases/blood
KW - Carotid Arteries/physiopathology
KW - Compliance
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood
KW - Elastic Modulus
KW - Female
KW - Femoral Artery/physiopathology
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Pulse Wave Analysis
KW - Uric Acid/blood
KW - Vascular Stiffness
U2 - 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000593
DO - 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000593
M3 - Article
C2 - 26136069
SN - 0263-6352
VL - 33
SP - 1642
EP - 1650
JO - Journal of Hypertension
JF - Journal of Hypertension
IS - 8
ER -