Uric acid is more strongly associated with impaired glucose regulation in women than in men from the general population: the KORA F4-Study.

OBJECTIVE: High serum uric acid (UA) levels are associated with the metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. It is largely unknown whether there are gender-specific differences regarding the association between UA and prediabetic states. We examined the possible association be...

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Main Authors: Christa Meisinger, Angela Döring, Doris Stöckl, Barbara Thorand, Bernd Kowall, Wolfgang Rathmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3353894?pdf=render