Is hyperuricemia associated with an increased prevalence of atrial fibrillation in hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes?
These results indicate that hyperuricemia is associated with an increased prevalence of AF in hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes, independently of multiple risk factors and potential confounders.
Rarefaction of WM leading to LA is a multifactorial process, in which formation of DAWM induced by hypertension and increased aqueductal CSF pulsatility, may play a contributory role. These two factors appear to act independently of each other in a process that is independent of age.