A longitudinal cohort based association study between uric acid level and metabolic syndrome in Chinese Han urban male population

• Main Authors: Zhang Qian (Author), Zhang Chengqi (Author), Song Xinhong (Author), Lin Haiyan (Author), Zhang Dongzhi (Author), Meng Wenjia (Author), Zhang Yongyuan (Author), Zhu Zhenxin (Author), Tang Fang (Author), Liu Longjian (Author), Yang Xiaowei (Author), Xue Fuzhong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It has been recently demonstrated that serum uric acid (UA) is associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS) or its related clinical indications based on cross-sectional or prospective cohort studies. Nonetheless, due to the fact that UA...