Salivary uric acid across child development and associations with weight, height, and body mass index.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Obesity during childhood is a serious and growing chronic disease with consequences for lifelong health. In an effort to advance research into the preclinical indicators of pediatric obesity, we examined longitudinal assessments of uric acid concentrations in saliva among a cohort of healthy children from age 6-months to 12-years (n's per assessment range from 294 to 727).

Methods

Using data from a subsample of participants from the Family Life Project (an Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program cohort), we: (1) characterized salivary uric acid (sUA) concentrations from infancy to early adolescence by sex and race; (2) assessed changes in sUA levels across development; and (3) evaluated associations between sUA concentrations and measure

SUBMITTER: Riis JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10646470 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature