Association between serum urate level and carotid atherosclerosis: an insight from a post hoc analysis of the PRIZE randomised clinical trial

• Atsushi Tanaka,
• Shinichiro Ueda,
• Teruo Inoue,
• Koichi Node,
• Toru Kato,
• Shigeru Toyoda,
• Hisako Yoshida,
• Shuichi Hamasaki,
• Masato Watarai,
• Tomoko Ishizu

Affiliations

Atsushi Tanaka

Saint Mother Hospital Infertility Clinic, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

Shinichiro Ueda

Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Teruo Inoue

13Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Japan

Koichi Node

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

Toru Kato

Department of Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Tochigi Medical Center, Tochigi, Japan

Shigeru Toyoda

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Japan

Hisako Yoshida

Department of Medical Statistics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Shuichi Hamasaki

Department of Cardiology, Imakiire General Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan

Masato Watarai

Cardiovascular Center, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anjo, Japan

Tomoko Ishizu

Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan