The association between elevated serum uric acid levels and islet β-cell function indexes in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study.

PeerJ · 2018 · PMC5846453 · PMID 29568712

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a slightly increasing trendno p-value reported

The analyses of islet function indexes suggested that there was no significant difference with HOMA-IR among the three tertiles; however, it did show a slightly increasing trend with increasing serum UA levels.

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