MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR, cilt.22, ss.4169-4176, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Serum uric acid (sUA) levels were previously found to be correlated with hypoxic states. We aimed to determine the levels of sUA and sUA/creatinine ratios in stable COPD patients and to evaluate whether sUA level and sUA/creatinine ratio can be used as predictors of exacerbation risk and disease severity.