Uric Acid Provides Protective Role in Red Blood Cells by Antioxidant Defense: A Hypothetical Analysis

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the study participants.

		Range	Reference interval
No. of subjects	10,759	—	—
Age (years)		14-89
Gender (male/female)	6368/4391	—	—
BMI (kg/m^2)		16.51-31.30
MCH (pg)		19.0-48.1	27.0-33.0
MCHC (g/l)		284-521	320-360
MCV (fl)		60.1-120.7	80.0-100.0
RDW (%)		10.50-20.70	9.0-17.0
RBC (10^12/l)		2.83-6.77	—
Male		2.83-6.77	4-5.5
Female		2.83-6.16	3.5-5.0
Hemoglobin (g/l)		93-216	—
Male		93-216	120-160
Female		101.0-163.0	110-150
Cr (mmol/l)		9-948
Male		24-948	53-115
Female		9-258	50-110
UA (mmol/l)		0.05-0.94
Male		0.05-0.94	0.202-0.417
Female		0.05-0.64	0.143-0.339
UA/Cr ratio		0.36-38.89	—
Male		0.36-10.42	—
Female		0.78-38.89	—

RDW: red blood cell distribution width; MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; MCV: mean corpuscular volume; RBC: red blood cell count; Cr: creatinine; UA: uric acid; BMI: body mass index.