Determinants of plasma uric acid

C. L. Gulbrandsen; N. E. Morton; D. C. Rao; G. G. Rhoads; A. Kagan

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Determinants of plasma uric acid

C. L. Gulbrandsen, N. E. Morton, D. C. Rao, G. G. Rhoads, A. Kagan

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Obesity, alcohol consumption, and hematocrit provide an index of plasma uric acid, which in path analysis has a cultural heritability of 0.11 in children and 0.23 in parents, a small maternal effect, and a genetic heritability of 0.25 in both generations. Preliminary evidence for a major locus is destroyed by the omission of one exceptional child. There is no evidence against the polygenic hypothesis for hyperuricemia in the Japanese-American population studied.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	307-312
Number of pages	6
Journal	Human genetics
Volume	50
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00399397
State	Published - Sep 1979

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