17 research outputs found
Establishment of a Mass Screening Method of Sand Fly Vectors for Leishmania Infection by Molecular Biological Methods
Molecular Typing of Sand Fly Species (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) from Areas Endemic for Leishmaniasis in Ecuador by PCR-RFLP of 18S Ribosomal RNA Gene
The influence of serum uric acid on renal function in patients with calcium or uric acid stone: A population-based analysis
The influence of serum uric acid on renal function in patients with calcium or uric acid stone: A population-based analysis
<div><p>Objectives</p><p>To determine the influence of serum uric acid (UA) levels on renal impairment in patients with UA stone.</p><p>Materials and methods</p><p>We retrospectively analyzed 463 patients with calcium oxalate and/or calcium phosphate stones (CaOx/CaP), and 139 patients with UA stones. The subjects were divided into the serum UA-high (UA ≥ 7.0 mg/dL) or the UA-low group (UA < 7.0 mg/dL). The control group comprised 3082 community-dwelling individuals that were pair-matched according to age, sex, body mass index, comorbidities, hemoglobin, serum albumin, and serum UA using propensity score matching. We compared renal function between controls and patients with UA stone (analysis 1), and between patients with CaOx/CaP and with UA stone (analysis 2). Logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the impact of the hyperuricemia on the development of stage 3 and 3B chronic kidney disease (CKD) (analysis 3).</p><p>Results</p><p>The renal function was significantly associated with serum UA levels in the controls and patients with CaOx/CaP and UA stones. In pair-matched subgroups, patients with UA stone had significantly lower renal function than the control subjects (analysis 1) and patients with CaOx/CaP stones (analysis 2) regardless of hyperuricemia. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that patients with UA stone, CaOx/CaP, hyperuricemia, presence of cardiovascular disease, higher body mass index, older age and lower hemoglobin had significantly higher risk of stage 3 and 3B CKD (analysis 3).</p><p>Conclusion</p><p>Patients with UA stones had significantly worse renal function than controls and CaOx/CaP patients regardless of hyperuricemia. Urolithiasis (CaOx/CaP and UA stone) and hyperuricemia had an association with impaired renal function. Our findings encourage clinicians to initiate intensive treatment and education approaches in patients with urolithiasis and/or hyperuricemia in order to prevent the progression of renal impairment.</p></div
Patient selection and classification.
<p>Eligible patients with urinary stones and control subjects selected from the database. We excluded 629 patients without stone analysis, 42 patients without complete clinical data, and 46 struvite stones. The remaining 602 urinary stone patients included in the study. The subjects were divided into two groups according to UA levels: the UA-high group with hyperuricemia (UA ≥ 7.0 mg/dL) or the UA-low group with normal UA levels (UA < 7.0 mg/dL). The control subjects and stone patients were pair-matched according to age, sex, body mass index, comorbidities (HTN, DM and CVD), hyperlipidemia hemoglobin, serum Alb, and serum UA levels using propensity score matching.</p
Functional characterization of a salivary apyrase from the sand fly, Phlebotomus duboscqi, a vector of Leishmania major
Independent risk factors for stage 3 CKD by uni- and multivariate logistic regression analysis (analysis 3).
<p>Independent risk factors for stage 3 CKD by uni- and multivariate logistic regression analysis (analysis 3).</p
Clinical characteristic of the population in the present study.
<p>Clinical characteristic of the population in the present study.</p