Association of Hyperuricemia with Hypertension in Patients Presenting in the Outpatient Department for Regular Follow–Up

Objective: To determine the association of hyperuricemia with hypertension in patients presenting in the Outpatient Department for regular follow-up. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of General Medicine, Pak Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan, from Jun 2019 to 2020. Methodology: Three-hundred patients suffering from hypertension for more than years were recruited in this study. They were evaluated for hyperuricemia during a routine follow-up visit by performing serum uric acid levels. Results: Out of 300 hypertension patients included in the study, 187(62.3%) had no hyperuricemia, while 113(37.7%) showed the presence of hyperuricemia on routine analysis. The mean age of the study participants was 41.72±6.98 years. The mean duration of hypertension in our patients was 6.61±2.75 years. Polypharmacy and long duration of illness had a significant association with the presence of hyperuricemia among the study participants (p-value