Mediating effect of serum lipids on the BMI-uric acid association: A cross-sectional study.
Uric acid (UA) acts as an antioxidant but, when elevated, contributes to gout. Higher body mass index (BMI) is consistently linked to increased UA, and dyslipidemia correlates with UA levels. However, the extent to which these lipid fractions mediate the BMI-UA relationship rema…