Abstract
Aim: Serum uric acid (UA) is associated with many health conditions, including kidney, cardiovascular, and metabolic disorders. We examined the validity and stability of salivary UA as a noninvasive measure of serum UA. Materials & methods: Using serum and salivary UA data from healthy adults (n = 99), we examined the UA serum-saliva correlation, and UA associations with adiponectin and C-reactive protein. Using longitudinal data from young adults (n = 182), we examined salivary UA stability. Results: We found robust positive serum-saliva correlations for UA. UA and adiponectin were inversely related in serum and saliva. Salivary UA was relatively stable; 62-66% of variance could be attributed to a latent trait-like component. Conclusion: Salivary UA may be an important biomarker indexing health and disease risk.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 583-596 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Biomarkers in Medicine |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2018 |
Keywords
- C-reactive protein
- adiponectin
- biomarker
- body mass index
- latent state-trait modeling
- saliva
- serum
- uric acid
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Drug Discovery
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Biochemistry, medical