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In [[medicine]], '''hyperuricemia''' is "excessive [[uric acid]] or urate in blood as defined by its solubility in plasma at 37 degrees C; greater than 0.42mmol per liter (7.0mg/dL) in men or 0.36mmol per liter (6.0mg/dL) in women. This condition is caused by overproduction of uric acid or impaired renal clearance. Hyperuricemia can be acquired, drug-induced or genetically determined ([[Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome]]). It is associated with [[hypertension]] and [[gout]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
In [[medicine]], '''hyperuricemia''' is "excessive [[uric acid]] or urate in blood as defined by its solubility in plasma at 37 degrees C; greater than 0.42mmol per liter (7.0mg/dL) in men or 0.36mmol per liter (6.0mg/dL) in women. This condition is caused by overproduction of uric acid or impaired renal clearance. Hyperuricemia can be acquired, drug-induced or genetically determined ([[Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome]]). It is associated with [[hypertension]] and [[gout]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>


Hyperuricemia may<ref name="pmid10815083">{{cite journal |author=Fang J, Alderman MH |title=Serum uric acid and cardiovascular mortality the NHANES I epidemiologic follow-up study, 1971-1992. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |journal=JAMA |volume=283 |issue=18 |pages=2404–10 |year=2000 |month=May |pmid=10815083 |doi= |url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=10815083 |issn=}}</ref> or may not<ref name="pmid10391820">{{cite journal |author=Culleton BF, Larson MG, Kannel WB, Levy D |title=Serum uric acid and risk for cardiovascular disease and death: the Framingham Heart Study |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=131 |issue=1 |pages=7–13 |year=1999 |month=July |pmid=10391820 |doi= |url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=10391820 |issn=}}</ref> be associated with [[vascular disease]] and [[chronic kidney disease]]<ref name="pmid16377385">{{cite journal |author=Siu YP, Leung KT, Tong MK, Kwan TH |title=Use of allopurinol in slowing the progression of renal disease through its ability to lower serum uric acid level |journal=Am. J. Kidney Dis. |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=51–9 |year=2006 |month=January |pmid=16377385 |doi=10.1053/j.ajkd.2005.10.006 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0272-6386(05)01518-0 |issn=}}</ref>.<ref name="pmid18946066">{{cite journal |author=Feig DI, Kang DH, Johnson RJ |title=Uric acid and cardiovascular risk |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=359 |issue=17 |pages=1811–21 |year=2008 |month=October |pmid=18946066 |doi=10.1056/NEJMra0800885 |url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/17/1811 |issn=}}</ref>
Hyperuricemia may<ref name="pmid10815083">{{cite journal |author=Fang J, Alderman MH |title=Serum uric acid and cardiovascular mortality the NHANES I epidemiologic follow-up study, 1971-1992. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |journal=JAMA |volume=283 |issue=18 |pages=2404–10 |year=2000 |month=May |pmid=10815083 |doi= |url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=10815083 |issn=}}</ref> or may not<ref name="pmid10391820">{{cite journal |author=Culleton BF, Larson MG, Kannel WB, Levy D |title=Serum uric acid and risk for cardiovascular disease and death: the Framingham Heart Study |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=131 |issue=1 |pages=7–13 |year=1999 |month=July |pmid=10391820 |doi= |url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=10391820 |issn=}}</ref> be associated with [[vascular disease]] and [[chronic kidney disease]]<ref name="pmid16377385">{{cite journal |author=Siu YP, Leung KT, Tong MK, Kwan TH |title=Use of allopurinol in slowing the progression of renal disease through its ability to lower serum uric acid level |journal=Am. J. Kidney Dis. |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=51–9 |year=2006 |month=January |pmid=16377385 |doi=10.1053/j.ajkd.2005.10.006 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0272-6386(05)01518-0 |issn=}}</ref>.<ref name="pmid18946066">{{cite journal |author=Feig DI, Kang DH, Johnson RJ |title=Uric acid and cardiovascular risk |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=359 |issue=17 |pages=1811–21 |year=2008 |month=October |pmid=18946066 |doi=10.1056/NEJMra0800885 |url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/17/1811 |issn=}}</ref> if hyperuricemia is associated with vascular disease, a [[meta-analysis]] suggests that the strength of association is unlikely to be large enough for the presence of hyperuricemia to help in the detection of vascular disease.<ref name="pmid15783260">{{cite journal |author=Wheeler JG, Juzwishin KD, Eiriksdottir G, Gudnason V, Danesh J |title=Serum uric acid and coronary heart disease in 9,458 incident cases and 155,084 controls: prospective study and meta-analysis |journal=PLoS Med. |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=e76 |year=2005 |month=March |pmid=15783260 |pmc=1069667 |doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020076 |url=http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020076 |issn=}}</ref>


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In medicine, hyperuricemia is "excessive uric acid or urate in blood as defined by its solubility in plasma at 37 degrees C; greater than 0.42mmol per liter (7.0mg/dL) in men or 0.36mmol per liter (6.0mg/dL) in women. This condition is caused by overproduction of uric acid or impaired renal clearance. Hyperuricemia can be acquired, drug-induced or genetically determined (Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome). It is associated with hypertension and gout."[1]

Hyperuricemia may[2] or may not[3] be associated with vascular disease and chronic kidney disease[4].[5] if hyperuricemia is associated with vascular disease, a meta-analysis suggests that the strength of association is unlikely to be large enough for the presence of hyperuricemia to help in the detection of vascular disease.[6]

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