Serum Uric Acid Levels Improve Prediction of Incident Type 2 Diabetes in Individuals With Impaired Fasting Glucose: The Rancho Bernardo Study
Response to Kramer et al.
- From the Medical Check-up Center, Tachikawa Medical Center, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan.
- Corresponding author: Eiji Oda, ijie{at}venus.sannet.ne.jp.
Kramer et al. (1) studied whether serum uric acid (UA) predicts incident type 2 diabetes by glucose tolerance status in older community-dwelling adults. The regression models adjusted for age, sex, BMI, diuretic use, and estimated glomerular filtration rate showed that UA levels independently predicted incident type 2 diabetes among participants who had impaired fasting glucose (odds ratio 1.75 [95% CI 1.1–2.9], …
