• Patients aged 20 years or older at the time of consent (regardless of gender)

• Patients with hyperuricemia with serum uric acid level \>7.0 mg/dL who have not received any urate lowering drug within 27 days prior to obtaining consent, or patients who were receiving urate lowering drugs at the time of obtaining consent but have been off the drugs for more than 27 days

• Hypertensive patients who meet the definition of hypertension in the latest Hypertension Treatment Guidelines of the Japanese Society of Hypertension and whose treatment for hypertension (with or without drug therapy) has not changed within 4 weeks prior to eligibility determination

• Patients who have given written consent to participate in this study