Serum Uric Acid and Achievement in High School

✍ Scribed by Henry J. Montoye; William M. Mikkelsen

• Book ID: 101642807
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1973
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 240 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-3591
• DOI: 10.1002/art.1780160310

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The relationship of serum uric acid concentration and school achievement was studied in 467 high school children in Tecumseh, Michigan. Serum uric acid (SUA) was determined by the spectrophotometric method. No statistically significant relationships were found between SUA and intelligence quotient or average academic grades. There was also no significant difference in SUA among the overachievers (higher grade point average than predicted by IQ) as compared to the underachievers.