Research Article

Association between Uric Acid and In-Hospital Heart Failure in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Table 1

Characteristics of the study populations.

All patientsHF ()Non-HF () value

Age (year)<0.001
Female (%)4622 (33.8%)24 (15.9%)0.003
BMI (kg/m2)0.716
Diabetes mellitus (%)7131 (47.7%)40 (26.5%)0.002
Hypertension (%)13750 (76.9%)87 (57.6%)0.007
Smoking (%)11124 (36.9%)77 (51.0%)0.057
STEMI (%)13344 (67.7%)89 (58.9%)0.247
Death during hospitalization (%)108 (12.3%)2 (1.3%)<0.001
GRACE score0.008
Hospitalization day<0.001
LVEF (%)<0.001
CRP (mg/l)5.15 (1.9-16.55)15.8 (3.4-41.5)4.5 (1.6-10.8)<0.001
BNP (pg/ml)176 (80-501.5)900 (611.5-1208.5)113 (49.5-188.5)<0.001
WBC (109/l)0.699
ALT (IU/l)39 (29-57)43 (33.5-61.5)37 (29-56)0.076
UA (mg/dl)<0.001
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)<0.001
TG (mmol/l)0.019
TC (mmol/l)0.198
LDL-c (mmol/l)0.370
HDL-c (mmol/l)0.901

Abbreviation: BMI: body mass index; STEMI: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; WBC: white blood cell; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; TG: triglyceride; TC: total cholesterol; LDL-c: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-c: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.