Why the study?
Are serum uric acid levels associated with hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and atherosclerosis in Chinese inpatients with type 2 diabetes?
Are serum uric acid levels associated with hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and atherosclerosis in Chinese inpatients with type 2 diabetes?
In Chinese inpatients with type 2 diabetes, serum uric acid levels are independently associated with hypertension and metabolic syndrome, but not with atherosclerosis, suggesting its role in atherosclerosis may be confounded by these other risk factors.
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Caution against using SUA for atherosclerotic risk assessment in T2D inpatients; leaves open independent contributions to HTN and MetS.
Li et al. (2014) studied this question.
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