Turkish Journal of Nephrology
Original Article

Association Between Elevated Serum Uric Acid and Vitamin D Insufficiency Among the Middle-Aged and Elderly Population

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İstanbul Medeniyet University, Department of Endocrinology, Göztepe Education and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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Sakarya University Education and Research Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Sakarya, Turkey

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İstanbul Medeniyet University, Department of Biochemistry, Göztepe Education and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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İstanbul Medeniyet University, Department of Internal Diseases, Göztepe Education and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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İstanbul Medeniyet University, Department of Nephrology, Göztepe Education and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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Konya State Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Konya, Turkey

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University of Colorado, Department of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Aurora, USA

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Koç University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, İstanbul, Turkey

Turkish J Nephrol 2016; 25: 182-186
DOI: 10.5262/tndt.2016.1002.10
Read: 1771 Downloads: 937 Published: 05 February 2019

OBJECTIVE: Vitamin D insufficiency might have a role in numerous diseases including autoimmune disease, cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and heart diseases. The relationship between vitamin D insufficiency and hyperuricemia has been shown previously but there are conflicting results in studies.

MATERIAL and METHODS: A total of 1562 patients who had serum uric acid and vitamin D levels measured at the same time were enrolled. Patients who were on vitamin D replacement therapy, receiving calcium and/or allopurinol, or had gout and chronic kidney disease were excluded.

RESULTS: Hyperuricemic patients had significantly lower levels of serum vitamin D level compared with normouricemic patients (p<0.001) whereas there was no difference between the groups in terms of serum calcium, phosphorus, parathormone and alkaline phosphatase. Severe deficiency (25(OH) vitamin D <10) was significantly more common among patients with hyperuricemia (p<0.001). When vitamin D levels were analyzed according to age, a significant inverse correlation between vitamin D and serum uric acid level was found in decades 7 and 8. Age, eGFR and vitamin D level below 20 appeared as independent associates of serum uric acid levels.

CONCLUSION: These data suggest that hyperuricemia associates with vitamin D deficiency. Further studies are needed to understand the mechanism underlying this association and its potential clinical implications. 

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