STUDY OF SERUM URIC ACID IN CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND ITS RELATION WITH OTHER PARAMETERS
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Pharmacy (IRJP) - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 7
Abstract
In chronic liver disease, high uric acid levels are independently associated with severe disease and poor prognosis. However, studies regarding the relation of uric acid levels with different parameters of liver dysfunction are rare from India. Our aim was to study uric acid (UA) levels in chronic liver disease and find any association of UA with different blood parameters and prognosis. We selected patients of chronic liver disease of any etiology. We did the serum UA test along with full liver function tests. Child Turcot Pugh (CTP) score was calculated for each patient. Then by suitable statistical tests, any association or correlation was studied. We had total of 52 patients with 31 % female. 19 (36.5 %) of the cases had liver disease secondary to alcoholism followed by 15 cases of non alcoholic fatty liver disease. 69.2 % of the patients were in CTP class B or C. Serum UA levels were significantly higher in chronic viral hepatitis cases (p<0.001). UA levels showed significant correlation with serum bilirubin (r=0.567), SGOT (r=0.464) and mortality. The UA levels showed significant correlation with severe disease and mortality. However, whether UA can be included in risk stratification of chronic liver disease can only be determined by larger randomized trials.
Authors and Affiliations
Rudrajit Paul, Hridish Chakravarti, Sanjay Mandal, Sumanta Chatterjee, Partha Choudhury
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