Distribution of serum uric acid levels and prevalence of hyper- and hypouricemia in a Korean general population of 172,970

Distribution of serum uric acid levels and prevalence of hyper- and hypouricemia in a Korean general population of 172,970

Background/Aims We investigated the distribution of serum uric acid (SUA) levels and estimated the prevalence of hyperuricemia and hypouricemia in the Korean population. Methods This cross-sectional study used data from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study and included 172,970 participants (58,9...

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Main Authors: Bon San Koo, Hye-Jin Jeong, Chang-Nam Son, Sang-Hyon Kim, Hyun Jung Kim, Gheun-Ho Kim, Jae-Bum Jun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2021-03-01
Series:The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
Subjects:
hyperuricemia
hypouricemia
population
prevalence
uric acid
Online Access:http://www.kjim.org/upload/pdf/kjim-2020-116.pdf

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