Association of serum uric acid level with muscle strength and cognitive function among Chinese aged 50-74 years

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 672-677

  Wu, Yili ^a   Zhang, Dongfeng ^a   Pang, Zengchang ^a,b   Jiang, Wenjie ^a   Wang, Shaojie ^b   Tan, Qihua ^c,d  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b Qingdao Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Anti oxidants; Cognitive function; Hand grip strength; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LEG; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICATION STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANTI-OXIDANTS; COGNITIVE FUNCTION; HAND GRIP STRENGTH; URIC ACID;

AGED; AGING; CHINA; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URIC ACID;

EID: 84880035661     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00962.x     Document Type: Article

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