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Urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio associates with hypertension and current disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Excessive salt intake is thought to exacerbate both development of hypertension and autoimmune diseases in animal models, but the clinical impact of excessive salt in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is still unknown. We performed a cross-sectional study to clarify the associations between salt load index (urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio (Na/K ratio)), current disease activity, and hypertension in an RA population.

Methods

Three hundred thirty-six participants from our cohort database (KURAMA) were enrolled. We used the spot urine Na/K ratio as a simplified index of salt loading and used the 28-Joint RA Disease Activity Score (DAS28-ESR) as an indicator of current RA disease activity. Using these indicators, we evaluated statistical associations between urinary Na/K ratio, DAS28-ESR, and prevalence of hypertension.

Results

Urinary Na/K ratio was positively associated with measured systolic and diastolic blood pressure and also with prevalence of hypertension even after covariate adjustment (OR 1.34, p <  0.001). In addition, increased urinary Na/K ratio was significantly and positively correlated with DAS28-ESR in multiple regression analysis (estimate 0.12, p <  0.001), as was also the case in gender-separated and prednisolone-separated sub-analyses.

Conclusion

Urinary Na/K ratio was independently associated with current disease activity as well as with prevalence of hypertension in RA patients. Thus, dietary modifications such as salt restriction and potassium supplementation should be investigated as a potential candidate for attenuating both disease activity and hypertension in RA patients.

SUBMITTER: Minamino H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8004419 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio associates with hypertension and current disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study.

Minamino Hiroto H   Katsushima Masao M   Hashimoto Motomu M   Fujita Yoshihito Y   Yoshida Tamami T   Ikeda Kaori K   Isomura Nozomi N   Oguri Yasuo Y   Yamamoto Wataru W   Watanabe Ryu R   Murakami Kosaku K   Murata Koichi K   Nishitani Kohei K   Tanaka Masao M   Ito Hiromu H   Ohmura Koichiro K   Matsuda Shuichi S   Inagaki Nobuya N   Morinobu Akio A  

Arthritis research & therapy 20210327 1


<h4>Background</h4>Excessive salt intake is thought to exacerbate both development of hypertension and autoimmune diseases in animal models, but the clinical impact of excessive salt in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is still unknown. We performed a cross-sectional study to clarify the associations between salt load index (urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio (Na/K ratio)), current disease activity, and hypertension in an RA population.<h4>Methods</h4>Three hundred thirty-six participants from  ...[more]

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