Effects of serum uric acid level on allcause death and cardiovascular death in patients of maintaining peritoneal dialysis

Objective To investigate the effects of serum uric acid (SUA) on all-cause death and cardiovascular death in patients of maintaining peritoneal dialysis ( PD ). Methods One thousand and sixty-three PD patients in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University Medical College were included. The SUA levels 6 months after PD start were measured. Patients with SUA ≥420 μmol/L were grouped in hyperuricemia group (492 ca-ses) and patients with SUA <420 μmol/L were grouped in normal uric acid group (571 cases).