Serum uric acid levels improve prediction of incident type 2 diabetes in individuals with impaired fasting glucose: The Rancho Bernardo study

Diabetes Care

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Oda, Eiji ^a   Kawai, Ryu ^a  

^a Tachikawa Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; URIC ACID;

EID: 70349653642     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc09-1244     Document Type: Letter

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