title: Plasma urate in REM sleep behavior disorder.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is associated with a high risk of developing Parkinson's disease (PD). Higher urate levels are associated with a lower risk of PD. We conducted a study to evaluate plasma urate levels in patients with RBD and their role in the development of PD.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated plasma urate levels in a cohort of 24 patients with idiopathic RBD. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to the presence or absence of PD. Other known markers of the risk of developing PD, such as olfaction testing, and substantia nigra (SN) hyperechogenicity, were evaluated in the 2 groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No differences were observed regarding age, years of evolution of the RBD, SN hyperechogenicity, or plasma urate levels between the 2 groups. In patients without PD, there was a positive correlation between years of evolution of RBD and the levels of uric acid (R(2)  =0.88). Patients without PD and those who had more than 5 years of RBD exhibited higher levels of uric acid than patients with PD (P=0.02).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Higher levels of plasma urate were associated with a longer duration of RBD without converting to PD. Future prospective studies would be needed to confirm this finding. Disorder Society
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Reinaldo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Uribe-San Martín
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venegas Francke
authors.forename: Felipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: López Illanes
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jones Gazmuri
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salazar Rivera
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Godoy Ferńndez
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Santín Martínez
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Juri
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D010300:Parkinson Disease; D017286:Polysomnography; D020187:REM Sleep Behavior Disorder / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D014527:Uric Acid
keywords: Parkinson's disease; REM sleep behavior disorder; premotor manifestations; urate