The association between serum uric acid levels, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease in middle aged and elderly Chinese: results from the DYSlipidemia International Study

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Tian, Yongfeng ; Chen, Kang ; Xie, Zongyan ; Fang, Yuan ; Wang, Haibin ; Nie, Yi ; Hu, Dayi ; Mu, Yiming

关键词: Uric acid;    Metabolic syndrome X;    Cardiovascular disease;    Epidemiology;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12872-015-0059-4

学科分类：内分泌与代谢学

【 摘 要 】

Background: To explore the association between serum uric acid (SUA) levels, metabolic syndrome (MetS) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients treated with lipid-lowering agents from multiple centers in China. Method: We investigated 15,478 participa