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Relationship between the peroxidation of leukocytes index ratio and a functional mathematical index including uric acid levels and health-related habits: a pilot study

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    1. Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA-AN), Via Ardeatina 546, 00178, Rome, Italy

      Ilaria Peluso

    2. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “V. Erspamer”, “Sapienza” University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy

      Raffaella Reggi, Yaroslava Longhitano & Maura Palmery

    3. School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

      Nagendra Sastry Yarla

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    Peluso, I., Reggi, R., Yarla, N.S. et al. Relationship between the peroxidation of leukocytes index ratio and a functional mathematical index including uric acid levels and health-related habits: a pilot study. Eat Weight Disord 23, 893–896 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-017-0441-6

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