Significance of serum uric acid levels on the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-134

  Kuo, Chang Fu ^a,b   See, Lai Chu ^b,c   Yu, Kuang Hui ^b,d   Chou, I Jun ^b   Chiou, Meng Jiun ^b,c   Luo, Shue Fen ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular diseases; Mortality; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GOUT; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REFERENCE VALUE; TAIWAN; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TAIWAN; URIC ACID;

EID: 84871174888     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes223     Document Type: Article

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