Association of uric acid with obesity and endothelial dysfunction in children and early adolescents

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-176

  Ishiro, Manabu ^a   Takaya, Ryuzo ^a   Mori, Yasuhiko ^b   Takitani, Kimitaka ^a   Kono, Yukako ^a   Okasora, Keisuke ^c   Kasahara, Toshihiko ^d   Tamai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Imperial Gift Foundation Inc Saiseikai Suita Hospital   (Japan)

^c Hirakata City Hospital   (Japan)

^d Department of Pediatrics   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Hyperuricemia; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DILATATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATATION; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; OBESITY; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER CURVE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; ROC CURVE; TRIGLYCERIDES; URIC ACID;

EID: 84874269454     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346227     Document Type: Article

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