Serum uric acid level as an independent risk factor for all-cause, cardiovascular, and ischemic stroke mortality: A chinese cohort study

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-232

  Chen, Jiunn Horng ^a   Chuang, Shao Yuan ^b   Chen, Hsin Jen ^b   Wen Ting, Y E H ^b   Wen Harn, P A N ^b,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TAIWAN; URIC ACID;

EID: 62549112964     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24164     Document Type: Article

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