Association of serum uric acid with body mass index among long-lived Chinese

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 595-600

  Yue, Ji Rong ^a   Huang, Chang Quan ^a,b   Dong, Bi Rong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Third Hospital of Mianyang   (China)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Centenarians; Long lived chinese; Nonagenarians; Serum uric acid

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; LONGEVITY; MALE; OBESITY; URIC ACID;

EID: 84863090307     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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