Fig. 1From: Increased circulating uric acid aggravates heart failure via impaired fatty acid metabolismCirculating uric acid was negatively correlated to cardiac function, high density lipoprotein and positively correlated to triglycerides in metabolic syndrome cohort. A Schematic diagram of the correlation between uric acid level and EF value in metabolic syndrome: in the patients with EF ≤ 40% (n = 190) and 40% < EF ≤ 50% (n = 259), increased uric acid level was observed; B Column plot of uric acid level among HFrEF, HFmrEF and normal EF patients; C, D In metabolic syndrome cohort: circulating uric acid was significantly negatively correlated to cardiac function: positively correlated to cardiac ventricular size (C) and negatively correlated to EF value (D); E Circulating uric acid was negatively to high density lipoprotein; F Circulating uric acid was positively to triglycerides in metabolic syndrome patients. Each single dot represents one patient’s data in the above plots. EF, ejection fraction; HFmrEF, heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein; TG, triglyceridesBack to article page