Uric acid and unhealthy metabolic phenotype in Colombian children.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Overweight and obesity are an increasing public health problems in children. Currently, attempts are being made to identify differential markers between metabolically healthy individuals (MHO) and metabolically unhealthy children (MUHO). This study aimed to evaluate the differences in uric acid (UA) levels in children with overweight or obesity classified according to their metabolic phenotype using the 2018 Damanhoury criteria.

Material and methods

Retrospective cross-sectional study, included children aged 5-18 years who were evaluated at a pediatric endocrinology outpatient clinic. Eighty patients were evaluated; 36 were classified as MHO and 44 as MUHO according to the levels of triglycerides (TG), glucose, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and bl

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Valencia G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12928131 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature