Serum uric acid values in diabetics

ABSTRACT

Serum uric acid! values in 1113 male and female diabetic subjects were estimated and compared with 60 controls. There was a sample but significant elevation of mean serum uric acid! values in the diabetic group as compared to the controls. The serum uric acid! values in the female diabetics were correlated significantly with obesity, but not in the males. No case of hyperudcaemic [uric acid > 7 mg%] was recorded In the diabetic and control groups