Serum uric acid is associated with disease severity and may predict clinical outcome in patients of pulmonary arterial hypertension secondary to connective tissue disease in Chinese: a single-center retrospective study

Table 4 Details on UA variations in CTD-PH patients

Group	UA at baseline	UA at reexamination	number at enrollment	censor	death
Group	(mean ± SD) (μmol/L)	(mean ± SD) (μmol/L)	number at enrollment	censor	death
UA: H → H	509.6625 ± 124.631	519.025 ± 133.6553	8	1	4
UA: H → N	477.9083 ± 140.6724	300.7083 ± 46.3318	12	0	1
UA: N → N	260.27 ± 54.92758	256.7433 ± 71.03973	30	1	6
UA: N → H	288.4571 ± 44.99062	412.3571 ± 58.32638	7	0	1

UA: H → H = steady hyperuricemia (hyperuricemia →hyperuricemia;), UA: H → N = decreasing uricemia (hyperuricemia → normouricemia;), UA: N → N = steady normouricemia (normouricemia → normouricemia;), UA: N → H = increasing uricemia (normouricemia → hyperuricemia;)

ISSN: 1471-2466