TY - JOUR T1 - Uric acid and incident dementia: a population-based cohort study JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases JO - Ann Rheum Dis SP - e62 LP - e62 DO - 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212570 VL - 77 IS - 9 AU - Young Ho Lee AU - Gwan Gyu Song Y1 - 2018/09/01 UR - http://ard.bmj.com/content/77/9/e62.abstract N2 - We read with great interest the article by Latourte and colleagues,1 regarding the effect of serum uric acid (SUA) level on the incidence of dementia. This large population-based prospective cohort study with 12 years of follow-up demonstrated that high SUA levels were associated with increased risk of dementia, especially vascular or mixed dementia. However, some issues deserve comment. The results reported by Latourte et al differ from those of another prospective population-based cohort study,2 which demonstrated that higher … ER -