Higher circulating levels of uric acid are prospectively associated with better muscle function in older persons

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 522-527

  Macchi, Claudio ^a   Molino Lova, Raffaele ^a   Polcaro, Paola ^a   Guarducci, Lorenzo ^a   Lauretani, Fulvio ^b   Cecchi, Francesca ^a   Bandinelli, Stefania ^c   Guralnik, Jack M ^d   Ferrucci, Luigi ^d  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b Tuscany Regional Health Agency   (Italy)

^c ASF   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Elderly; Muscle strength; Sarcopenia; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; MARKER; MUSCLE PROTEIN; URIC ACID;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE EXTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; TORQUE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URIC ACID;

EID: 46649087744     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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