Serum Uric Acid Is Positively Associated with Handgrip Strength among Japanese Community-Dwelling Elderly Women

Serum uric acid (UA) has strong anti-oxidant properties. Muscle strength and mass decrease with age, and recently, this decrease has been defined as sarcopenia. Sarcopenia may be triggered by oxidative stress. We investigated whether serum UA is associated with handgrip strength (HGS), which is a us...

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Autores principales: Kawamoto, Ryuichi, Ninomiya, Daisuke, Kasai, Yoshihisa, Kusunoki, Tomo, Ohtsuka, Nobuyuki, Kumagi, Teru, Abe, Masanori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4831672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27078883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151044

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4831672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27078883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151044

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