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Elevated Serum Uric Acid Is Associated with Greater Bone Mineral Density and Skeletal Muscle Mass in Middle-Aged and Older Adults

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Previous studies have suggested a positive link between serum uric acid (UA) and bone mineral density (BMD). In this study, we re-examined the association between UA and BMD and further explored whether this was mediated by skeletal muscle mass in a general Chinese populati...

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Autores principales: Dong, Xiao-wei, Tian, Hui-yuan, He, Juan, Wang, Chen, Qiu, Rui, Chen, Yu-ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4856375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27144737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154692