Aijaz Ahmed Oureshi, Saeed A Mahar, Abu Talib, Muhammad Aslam Abbasi.
Serum uric acid levels in female patients of ischemic heart disease.
Ann Abbasi Shaheed Hosp Karachi Med Dent Coll Jan ;10(1):655-8.

Objective: To find out possible relationship between serum uric acid and incidence of ischemic heart disease. Design: Comparative study of serum uric acid in 30 patients of IHD with 11 age and body mass index matched control subjects. Setting: Basic Medical Science Institute, JPMC, Karachi. Result: Serum uric acid was found to be significantly high (P<0.001) in hypertensive with ischemic heart disease and in hypertensive. The mean values were also found to be high in normotensives with IHD but the difference was statistically non-significant. Conclusion: Serum uric acid levels is strongly related to incidence of ischemic heart disease.

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