Kansui Y, et al. - Researchers determined if the risk of hypertension in Japanese men at a worksite could be based on serum uric acid levels. These Japanese male workers, aging from 18 to 64 years, did not have hypertension and were followed for 6 years from 2009 to 2015. Quartiles of serum uric acid levels of 5.1 or less, 5.2–5.8, 5.9–6.6, and at least 6.7 mg/dl were used to estimate the odds ratio for incident hypertension. In younger individuals, those without diabetes, and those with preserved high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, an association was found between serum uric acid levels and the future incidence of hypertension.