Objectives: To (1) elucidate the range of serum uric acid (UA) levels in adolescent sample; (2) examine the relationships of serum UA and 1-year change with gender, anthropometric and cardiometabolic factors.
Materials And Methods: Measurements (anthropometrics, fasting venipuncture and blood pressure) were performed at the beginning of the seventh and eighth grades. Descriptive data, differences according to weight, correlations and changes over time were examined.
Findings: In 77 adolescents, BMI and serum UA had relationships with several cardiometabolic measures. Males had higher serum UA at follow-up compared to baseline; female change was minimal. Time-by-gender interaction was significant, as were the main effects of gender and BMI classification. Males had lower HDL-C at follow-up than at baseline; females had higher HDL-C at follow-up.
Conclusions: Serum UA has importance in cardiometabolic examination of youth risk factors. It should be examined in youth with elevated BMI and/or hypertension. Early adolescence is the period when gender-related metabolic changes occur.
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BMC Cardiovasc Disord
January 2025
Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coronary Heart Disease Prevention, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, No. 106, Zhongshan 2 Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
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Acta Pharmacol Sin
January 2025
Innovation Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Gout is a systemic metabolic disorder caused by elevated uric acid (UA) levels, affecting over 1% of the population. The most common complication of gout is gouty arthritis (GA), characterized by swelling, pain or tenderness in peripheral joints or bursae, which can lead to the formation of tophi. At present, western medicines like colchicine, febuxostat and allopurinol are the primary treatment strategy to alleviate pain and prevent flare-ups in patients with GA, but they have significant side effects and increased mortality risks.
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January 2025
Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Food of Hainan Province, School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China. Electronic address:
Paederia scandens (Lour.) Merrill flavonoid-rich extract (PSMF) has shown excellent xanthine oxidase (XOD) inhibitory activity in our previous study. However, the efficacy of PSMF in mitigating hyperuricemia (HUA) remains to be elucidated.
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Department of Cardiology, Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital Wuhan 430022, Hubei, China.
Objective: To evaluate the impact and prognosis of a multidisciplinary discharge preparation service model for patients with chronic heart failure.
Methods: A total of 100 patients with chronic heart failure who visited the Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital from January 2022 to September 2023 were included. The patients were divided into an experimental group, receiving a multidisciplinary discharge preparation service, and a control group, receiving conventional treatment.
Clin Rheumatol
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Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences, L.S. Skaggs College of Pharmacy, Idaho State University, 1311 E Central Dr, Meridian, ID, 83642, USA.
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