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  • Title: The Utility of the Random Urine Uric Acid-to-Creatinine Ratio for Patients with Gout Who Need Uricosuric Agents: Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.
    Author: Choi ST, Song JS, Kim SJ, Kim CH, Moon SJ.
    Journal: J Korean Med Sci; 2020 Apr 06; 35(13):e95. PubMed ID: 32242346.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The 24-hour uric acid excretion measurement is important in assessing disease status and helping to select the appropriate uric acid-lowering agent for patients with gout, however, it is inconvenient. The authors investigated the efficacy of the random urine uric acid-to-creatinine (UA/CR) ratio to screen the patients who under-secreted 24-hour urine uric acid. METHODS: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study. Ninety patients with gout, without undergoing uric acid-lowering treatment were enrolled. Twenty-four-hour urine and random urine samples were obtained on the same day. Six hundred mg of uric acid in the 24-hour urine sample was used as a standard for distinguishing between over and under-excretion groups. RESULTS: The random urinary UA/CR ratio showed positive correlation with 24-hour urine uric acid excretion (γ = 0.398, P < 0.001). All the patients with the random UA/CR less than 0.2 excreted less than 600 mg uric acid in 24-hour urine collection. When the random urine UA/CR ratio < 0.2 was regarded as a positive result, the positive predictive value, negative predictive value, sensitivity, and specificity in the uric acid under-excretion were 100% (8 of 8), 64.6% (53 of 82), 21.6% (8 of 37), and 100% (53 of 53), respectively. CONCLUSION: There is a moderate positive correlation between the random urinary UA/CR ratio and 24-hour urine uric acid excretion, so that UA/CR ratio may not be a good predictor of 24-hour urine uric acid excretion. However, the random urine UA/CR ratio 0.2 can be a useful predictor to screen the gouty patients who need to be treated with uricosuric drugs.
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