title: Hematological parameters in adolescents with hyperuricemia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the association between hematological indices and serum uric acid in adolescents with hyperuricemia.
  
  
  METHODS
  10-year retrospective cohort study of 607 patients with hyperuricemia registered with the Pediatric Nephrology Department.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a statistically significant positive correlation between serum uric acid levels and BMI Z-scores (r=0.406, P<0.001), white and red blood cell counts, hemoglobin and hematocrit. Higher levels of hemoglobin, hematocrit and red blood cells were found in adolescents with metabolic syndrome than in groups without this condition.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hematological parameters could be important biological markers of cardiometabolic risk in adolescents with hyperuricemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland. Correspondence to: Dr Marian Stelmach, Department of Health and Social Sciences, Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education, 95/97 Sidorska Street, 21-500 Biala Podlaska, Poland. marian.stelmach@me.com.
authors.forename: Marian J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Stelmach
authors.forename: Lukasz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Szczerbinski
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wasilewska
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Protas
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wasilewska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006403:Hematologic Tests; D006801:Humans; D033461:Hyperuricemia / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014527:Uric Acid