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Serum Urate Goals Tied to Lower CV Risk

Patients with gout who reached serum urate targets had modestly higher 5-year cardiovascular event-free survival, with associations strongest among high-risk patients

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  • Andrea Surnit

  • May 11, 2026

  • 4 min

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    Achieving serum urate targets with urate-lowering therapy reduces the 5-year risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in gout patients.

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    In a study of 109,504 adults, those who reached urate levels below 6 mg/dL had a hazard ratio of 0.91 for cardiovascular events.

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    Patients achieving urate levels below 5 mg/dL showed an even stronger association, with a hazard ratio of 0.77 and a 3 percentage point survival difference.

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    The study highlights a potential link between gout flares, systemic inflammation, and cardiovascular risk, rather than urate lowering alone.

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    Despite adjustments, residual confounding may affect results, and fewer than one-third of patients achieved target urate levels within the first year.

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Serum Urate Goals Tied to Lower CV Risk

  • by Andrea Surnit

  • May 11, 2026

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