Effect of uric acid levels on mortality in Japanese peritoneal dialysis patients

Background: Unlike the situation in the general population, most studies of patients receiving hemodialysis have reported lower uric acid (UA) as associated with higher mortality. However, the relationship between UA level and mortality remains unclear among patients receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD). Methods: We collected baseline data for 4742 prevalent PD patients (age, 63 ± 14 years; male, 61.5%; diabetes, 29.1%; median dialysis duration,...