High prevalence of hyperuricemia in elderly Taiwanese

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-292

  Lee, Meei Shyuan ^a   Lin, Shih Chieh ^a   Chang, Hsing Yi ^b   Lyu, Li Ching ^c   Tsai, Keh Sung ^d   Pan, Wen Harn ^e  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999 2000); Hyperuricemia; Indigenous; Metabolic syndrome (MS); Mountainous; Serum urate; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GOUT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GOUT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 25444493633     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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