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ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2017

Impact of serum uric acid, albumin and their interaction on Parkinson's disease.

Lijun Wang, Wei Hu, Jun Wang, Fangfang Fang, Guanliang Cheng, Yuzhang Jiang, Hang Xiao, Qi Wan

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Article in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lijun WangDepartment of Neurology, Huai'an First People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 6 Beijing Road West, Huai'an, 223300, Jiangsu, China.
Wei HuCenter for Disease Control and Prevention of Huai'an City, Huai'an, 223001, China.
Jun WangDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 818 Tianyuan East Road, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Fangfang FangDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 818 Tianyuan East Road, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Guanliang ChengDepartment of Neurology, Huai'an First People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 6 Beijing Road West, Huai'an, 223300, Jiangsu, China.
Yuzhang JiangDepartment of Medical Laboratory, Huai'an First People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 6 Beijing Road West, Huai'an, Jiangsu, 223300, China.
Hang XiaoDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 818 Tianyuan East Road, Nanjing, 211166, China. hxiao@njmu.edu.cn.
Qi WanDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China. qi_wan@126.com.
Huaian First People’s Hospital · CNNanjing Medical University · CNJiangsu Province Hospital · CNXuzhou Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the correlation between Parkinson's disease (PD) and serum levels of uric acid (UA), albumin and their interaction. A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the relationship of serum UA, albumin with PD. A total of 96 PD patients and 108 healthy controls were recruited at Huai'an First People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University. Baseline data included age, gender, body mass index (BMI), disease duration, Hoehn and Yahr scale (H&Y) stage, serum UA and albumin levels. The levels of serum UA and albumin were significantly lower in PD patients than those in controls (P = 0.001; P = 0.000). Serum albumin levels were strikingly different in H&Y group (P = 0.004). Multivariable logistic regression showed that the levels of serum UA (P = 0.001, adjusted OR 0.993, 95% CI 0.988-0.997) and albumin (P = 0.000, adjusted OR 0.513, 95% CI 0.425-0.620) were independent risk factors in PD. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses showed that the area under curve (AUC) for serum UA and albumin was 0.669 (95% CI 0.594-0.744) and 0.883 (95% CI 0.835-0.931), respectively. The combination of serum albumin and UA improved the AUC to 0.898 (95% CI 0.854-0.942). Serum UA and albumin levels significantly decreased in PD patients and were independent risk factors for PD. More studies are needed to confirm our findings.

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