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ArticleAging2021

Differential relationship of uric acid to mortality and clinical biomarkers of aging according to grip strength in older adults: a cohort study.

Sin-Mei Guo, Yen-Tze Liu, Sin-Ru He, Ming-Shiang Wu, Wei-Ting Tseng, Ray-Chin Wu, I-Chien Wu

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Article in Aging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Sin-Mei GuoThe Department of Family Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
Yen-Tze LiuThe Department of Family Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
Sin-Ru HeThe Department of Family Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
Ming-Shiang WuInstitute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.
Wei-Ting TsengInstitute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.
Ray-Chin WuInstitute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.
I-Chien WuInstitute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Uric acid is both a pro-oxidant and antioxidant. We investigated serum uric acid's association with mortality and aging biomarkers in older adults with varying levels of grip strength. A total of 5329 community-dwelling adults aged ≥55 years underwent assessments of serum uric acid levels, grip strength, and biomarkers of diverse physiological systems. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality. We observed a significant (P < .001) interaction between uric acid levels and grip strength on all-cause mortality risk. Among participants with low grip strength, a nonlinear association (P for nonlinearity = .006) was observed between serum uric acid levels and mortality risk after multivariate adjustment. Compared with participants with neither extreme uric acid levels nor low grip strength, those with a combination of high serum uric acid and low grip strength exhibited greater risks of mortality (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 1.52; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.15-2.02) and deviations in biomarkers of specific systems, so did those with a combination of low serum uric acid and low grip strength (aHR, 1.52; 95% CI, 1.13-2.05). In conclusion, there was a J-shaped association between serum uric acid and the risk of all-cause mortality in older adults. This was primarily true for those with low grip strength.

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AgedAgingBiomarkersCause of DeathCohort StudiesFemaleHand StrengthHumansMaleMiddle AgedUric AcidBiomarkersUric Acidagingbiomarkersepidemiologyoxidative stressphysiology

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PMID33820873
PMCPMC8064196

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