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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2025

The impact of serum uric acid on biological aging and mortality risk: insights from the NHANES and CHARLS cohorts.

Cong Zhao, Leying Zhao, Yang Liu, Li-Qiao Sun, Xin-Rong Li, Yaoxian Wang, Weiwei Sun

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Cong Zhao *Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Leying Zhao *Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yang LiuDepartment of Chinese Medicine, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou, China.
Li-Qiao SunDepartment of Chinese Medicine, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou, China.
Xin-Rong LiDepartment of Chinese Medicine, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou, China.
Yaoxian WangHenan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China.
Weiwei SunDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.

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Background: Serum uric acid (SUA), a byproduct of purine metabolism, exerts both antioxidant and pro-inflammatory effects, making its role in aging and chronic diseases a subject of ongoing debate. Despite this, the mechanisms by which SUA influences the aging process remain poorly understood. Methods: We analyzed data from the NHANES (1999-2010) and CHARLS (2011-2015) cohorts to investigate SUA's impact on biological aging. Generalized linear regression models assessed SUA's effect on biological aging markers [ΔKDM-BA, ΔPhenoAge, and allostatic load (AL)], while Cox regression models estimated its association with all-cause and premature mortality. Dose-response relationships between SUA levels and aging markers (ΔKDM-BA, ΔPhenoAge, and AL), as well as all-cause and premature mortality, were evaluated using restricted cubic splines (RCS). Results: In both cohorts, elevated SUA levels were significantly associated with accelerated aging. In the NHANES cohort, for each 1 mg/dL increase in SUA, ΔKDM-BA increased by 0.52 years (95% CI: 0.43-0.61, Conclusion: Elevated SUA is associated with accelerated biological aging in both U.S. and Chinese populations, but its link to mortality was evident only in the NHANES cohort. These findings highlight SUA as a potential aging marker and call for further population-specific investigation.

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