Diet and medication in the treatment of hyperuricemia in hypertensive patients

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of diet and medication, either isolated or associated, on serum levels of uric acid in patients with hyperuricemia. METHODS: We studied patients from the Hypertension Unit of the University of Goias who had hyperuricemia (men > or = 8.5mg/dL and women > or =...

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Main Authors: Maria do Rosário Gondim Peixoto, Estelamaris Tronco Monego, Paulo César B. Veiga Jardim, Magna Maria Carvalho, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, Jonivan Siqueira de Oliveira, Otavio Balestra Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2001-06-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2001000600004