1. Serum uric acid levels are associated with obesity but not cardio-cerebrovascular events in Chinese inpatients with type 2 diabetes
- Author
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Ming-Yun Chen, Cui-Chun Zhao, Lianxi Li, Tingting Li, Tian-Pei Yu, Weiping Jia, Yuqian Bao, and Yue Zhu
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,China ,Cross-sectional study ,Type 2 diabetes ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Asian People ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,Diabetes mellitus ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Obesity ,Inpatients ,Multidisciplinary ,business.industry ,Confounding ,Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ,nutritional and metabolic diseases ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Uric Acid ,Cerebrovascular Disorders ,Endocrinology ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Quartile ,chemistry ,Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ,Cardiovascular Diseases ,Uric acid ,Female ,business - Abstract
We aim to explore the associations between serum uric acid (SUA) and obesity and cardio-cerebrovascular events (CCEs) in Chinese inpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). 2 962 inpatients with T2DM were stratified into quartile based on SUA concentrations. There were significant increases in the prevalence of both obesity (32.6%, 41.9%, 50.1%, and 62.8%, respectively, p
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- 2016