A prospective follow up of serum uric acid levels in school children

Na dvije kontrole, u razmaku od tri godine, odre­đena je razina mokraćne kiseline u serumima 381 učenika (starih prosječno 11,4 odnosno 14,3 godine). Uz to su ispitivani i brojni drugi parametri (broj eritrocita, MCV, MCH, MCHC, trigliceridi, holesterol itd.), od kojih je analiziran odnos mokraćne kiseline i tjelesne težine. Analiziran je i odnos navedenih parametara prema istim, dobivenim u ranijem radu, u kom su ispitivana djeca stara 6,4 godine (prvi razred osnovne škole). Nađen je statistički značajan porast razine mokraćne kiseline u dječaka starih 14,4 godine te pojava korelacije razine mokraćne kiseline i tjelesne težine u oba spola (r = 0,35) te dobi (nasuprot manjku te povezanosti u mlađih dobnih skupina djece od 6,4, odnosno 11,4 godine starosti).In 381 children serum uric acid levels were measured at the age of 11.4 and 14.3. Numerous other parameters were also measured (as the erythrocytes, MCV, MCH, MCHC, tryglicerides, cholesterol etc) but only the relation among uric acid levels and body weight was analysed. The relation of these parameters and the data we have got in our previous work (in first grade elementary school children aged 6.4 years) is also discussed. We found significant increase of uric acid levels in boys aged 14.4 and an association between the serum uric acid levels and the body weight appears in both sexes at this age (r=0.35). (Opposite to the lack of this association in younger children, aged 6.4, and 11.4)

A prospective follow up of serum uric acid levels in school children

Na dvije kontrole, u razmaku od tri godine, odre­đena je razina mokraćne kiseline u serumima 381 učenika (starih prosječno 11,4 odnosno 14,3 godine). Uz to su ispitivani i brojni drugi parametri (broj eritrocita, MCV, MCH, MCHC, trigliceridi, holesterol itd.), od kojih je analiziran odnos mokraćne kiseline i tjelesne težine. Analiziran je i odnos navedenih parametara prema istim, dobivenim u ranijem radu, u kom su ispitivana djeca stara 6,4 godine (prvi razred osnovne škole). Nađen je statistički značajan porast razine mokraćne kiseline u dječaka starih 14,4 godine te pojava korelacije razine mokraćne kiseline i tjelesne težine u oba spola (r = 0,35) te dobi (nasuprot manjku te povezanosti u mlađih dobnih skupina djece od 6,4, odnosno 11,4 godine starosti).In 381 children serum uric acid levels were measured at the age of 11.4 and 14.3. Numerous other parameters were also measured (as the erythrocytes, MCV, MCH, MCHC, tryglicerides, cholesterol etc) but only the relation among uric acid levels and body weight was analysed. The relation of these parameters and the data we have got in our previous work (in first grade elementary school children aged 6.4 years) is also discussed. We found significant increase of uric acid levels in boys aged 14.4 and an association between the serum uric acid levels and the body weight appears in both sexes at this age (r=0.35). (Opposite to the lack of this association in younger children, aged 6.4, and 11.4)