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Serum Uric Acid in Chronic Kidney Disease as a Marker of Risk or a Modifiable Driver of Progression: A Systematic Review.

Key takeaways

This review pulled together studies on uric acid, a waste product healthy kidneys clear, and asked whether high levels actually speed up kidney disease. The problem it describes is circular: high uric acid may just be a sign that kidneys are filtering less, or it may add damage of its own. Most of the studies it gathered simply watched people over time, so they show a link and cannot prove cause. It does not settle whether taking a drug to lower uric acid protects the kidneys.

Who did this work

Cook DE · Gardezi SSH · Sharma E · James J · Singla S · Haroon F · Singla B · Ali AB

Source

Article · PubMed, CKD progression and prevention · 2026 Aug 2
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42688589/