Correlation of Serum Uric Acid Levels with Nonculprit Plaque Instability in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes: A 3-Vessel Optical Coherence Tomography Study
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
Variable
Tertile
value
Low ()
Intermediate ()
High ()
Men (%)
20
57 (75.00)
31 (83.78)
0.013
Age (years)
65.12 ± 10.03
65.24 ± 10.07
64.96 ± 9.98
0.77
hs-CRP (mg/L)
3.53 ± 0.3
6.46 ± 0.87#
12.17 ± 1.37△
<0.001
Hypertension
27 (72.97)
45 (59.21)
26 (70.27)
0.49
Diabetes mellitus
15 (40.54)
20 (26.31)
12 (32.43)
0.59
Dyslipidemia
23 (62.16)
53 (69.73)
26 (70.27)
0.68
Current smoker
14 (37.83)
31 (40.79)
15 (40.54)
0.95
STEMI
9 (24.32)
22 (28.95)
13 (35.14)
0.59
NSTEMI
7 (18.92)
13 (17.11)
8 (21.62)
0.85
Unstable angina
21 (56.76)
41 (53.95)
16 (43.24)
0.45
Cr (μmol/L)
83.96 ± 19.34
85.66 ± 20.34
86.38 ± 22.15
0.78
Serum uric acid (μmol/L)
223.65 ± 39.7
323.58 ± 33.37#
440.42 ± 59.93△
<0.001
LDL (mmol/L)
2.95 ± 0.60
2.89 ± 0.54
2.93 ± 0.59
0.41
HDL (mmol/L)
0.82 ± 0.13
0.78 ± 0.12
0.81 ± 0.14
0.57
TG (mmol/L)
1.41 ± 0.23
1.42 ± 0.25
1.40 ± 0.21
0.89
TC (mmol/L)
4.73 ± 1.10
4.78 ± 1.00
4.83 ± 1.18
0.92
Allopurinol
0
3
7
NA
Febuxostat
0
0
3
NA
between low tertile group and intermediate tertile group; between intermediate tertile group and high tertile group; between low tertile group and high tertile group.
