The correlation between uric acid and stages of malignancy among gastric cancer patient in Palembang, Indonesia

Abstract

Gastric cancer is a malignant gastric mucosal cancer that often began on the side where the gastric layer is inflamed. Previous research has shown that high uric acid levels are associated independently with an increased risk of gastric cancer and it is suspected that there is a correlation between gastric cancer and elevated levels of uric acid levels but is still poorly known in detail. The aim of this study was to analyse the correlation between uric acid levels and stage of malignancy of gastric cancer patients in the oncology department of Mohammad Hoesin Hospital Palembang. This research was an analytic observational study by using a cross-sectional design to test the correlation between uric acid levels and stages of malignancy in gastric cancer. The results obtained was analyzed using Goodman and Kruskal's Gamma correlation test. The Goodman and Kruskal's gamma test results showed a strong correlation (p=0,033; r=0,746) between uric acid levels and which shows a significant correlation with 95% of confidence levels. Every increment in uric acid levels would be followed by an increase in stages of malignancy in gastric cancer.