Open AccessReply to “Association of Serum Uric Acid Concentration With Metabolic Risk Factors in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes”
Author(s) -
Marotta Teodoro,
Liccardo Maria,
Schettini Federico,
Verde Francesco,
Ferrara Aldo L.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of clinical hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1751-7176
pISSN - 1524-6175
DOI - 10.1111/jch.12579
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , context (archaeology) , uric acid , diabetes mellitus , disease , metabolic syndrome , population , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology , environmental health , paleontology , biology
In our subsample of diabetic patients, serum UA was associated with other features of the metabolic syndrome and with signs of target organ damage in a similar way to that observed in the whole population of\udelderly, mostly obese, Neapolitan patients. However, on the basis of the different actions of UA described in the literature, it is theoretically conceivable that in select cases, as in the lean, male diabetics observed by Yanai\udand Hirowatari, UA might exert a protective role