nutrients Article Association between Serum Uric Acid Levels, Nutritional and Antioxidant Status in Patients on Hemodialysis Etna Domínguez-Zambrano 1,2, José Pedraza-Chaverri 3 , Ana Laura López-Santos 1, Omar Noel Medina-Campos 3 , Cristino Cruz-Rivera 1, Francisco Bueno-Hernández 4 and Angeles Espinosa-Cuevas 1,* 1 Department of Nephrology and Mineral Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubirán, México City PC 14080, Mexico;
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[email protected]; Tel./Fax: +52-5655-0382 Received: 11 June 2020; Accepted: 3 August 2020; Published: 27 August 2020 Abstract: Purpose: To determine the relationship between uric acid (UA) and nutritional and antioxidant status in hemodialysis (HD) patients, given that hyperuricemia could be an indicator of good nutritional status possibly because of the antioxidant properties of UA. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 93 patients on HD. Hyperuricemia was considered as UA 6.0 mg/dL in females and ≥ 7.0 mg/dL in males. Nutritional variables were registered. Blood samples were taken before the ≥ dialysis session to determine oxidative damage as plasma malondialdehyde (MDA) content, and antioxidant capacity measuring 2,2-diphenyl-piclrylhidrazil radical (DPPH•) scavenging activity and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) value.