Open AccessUric Acid Indicates a High Cardiovascular Risk Profile but Is Not Closely Associated With Insulin Resistance in Obese Adolescents
Author(s) -
Harald Mangge,
Stefan Pilz,
Samih HajYahya,
Gunter Almer
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
diabetes care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636
H-Index - 363
eISSN - 1935-5548
pISSN - 0149-5992
DOI - 10.2337/dc07-2411
Subject(s) - medicine , insulin resistance , uric acid , diabetes mellitus , obesity , endocrinology , insulin
We comment on a recent study by Dehghan et al. (1), who identified high serum uric acid as an independent risk factor for type 2 diabetes in adults. We investigated serum levels of uric acid in a large cohort of obese adolescents ( n = 355; mean ± SD age 13.1 ± 4.1 years and age range 10–22 years) and normal-weight control subjects ( n = 200) of …
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