Serum uric acid as an obesity-related indicator in early adolescence

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-262

  Oyama, Chikako ^a   Takahashi, Tsutomu ^a,b   Oyamada, Mika ^a   Oyamada, Tasuku ^b   Ohno, Tadashi ^b   Miyashita, Masahiro ^b   Saito, Seiji ^b   Komatsu, Kazuo ^b   Takashina, Kouei ^c   Takada, Goro ^a,b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Children; Hyperuricemia; Percentage of overweight; Serum uric acid

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; JAPAN; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; URIC ACID;

EID: 33745215608     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.209.257     Document Type: Article

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