Serum uric acid and coronary heart disease in 9,458 incident cases and 155,084 controls: prospective study and meta-analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>It has been suggested throughout the past fifty years that serum uric acid concentrations can help predict the future risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), but the epidemiological evidence is uncertain.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We report a "nested&q...

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Main Authors: Jeremy G Wheeler, Kelsey D M Juzwishin, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Vilmundur Gudnason, John Danesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-03-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020076