Why the study?
Are serum concentrations of uric acid associated with the metabolic syndrome in US children and adolescents?
Population
US children and adolescents
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Association in US youth warrants no practice change; hypothesis-generating for causality and longitudinal studies.
Are serum concentrations of uric acid associated with the metabolic syndrome in US children and adolescents?
Higher serum uric acid levels are strongly associated with the presence of metabolic syndrome in the pediatric population.
Ford et al. (2007) studied this question.
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