Temporal relationship between body mass index and uric acid and their joint impact on blood pressure in children and adults: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
Miaoying YunTao ZhangShengxu LiXuan WangLijun FanYinkun YanLydia BazzanoJiang HeWei ChenPublished in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2021)
Changes in BMI precede alterations in UA, and the BMI-BP association is in part mediated through BMI-related increase in UA both in children and in adults. These findings have implications for addressing mechanisms of obesity hypertension beginning in early life.