Abstracts tagged "Bone and uric acid"

Abstract Number: 2279 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Soluble Urate: A Direct Mediator of Bone Turnover?
Nicola Dalbeth¹, Bregina Pool², Ashika Chhana³, Jian-Ming Lin¹, Mei-Lin Tay¹, Paul Tan¹, Karen E. Callon¹, Dorit Naot³ and Jillian Cornish², ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ³Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Observational studies have reported that hyperuricemia may be protective in the development of osteoporosis. Serum urate concentrations positively correlate with bone density, and higher…