Uric Acid Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adults in a Community: The Bogalusa Heart Study

• Dianjianyi Sun,

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China, Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Shengxu Li,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Xiaotao Zhang,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Camilo Fernandez,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Wei Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Sathanur R. Srinivasan,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Gerald S. Berenson

  * E-mail: berenson@tulane.edu

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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