SDCA Student Research Journal

Abstract

This study aimed to distinguish if there is a significant difference between salivary uric acid and serum uric acid when it comes to detecting cardiometabolic risk. The researchers seem to understand as to why salivary uric acid can be used as a noninvasive biomarker for cardiometabolic risk. One of the factors that interest the researchers in doing this study is that obesity is prevalent not only in the Philippines but in other countries as well. The study is experimental research whereas, it elaborates the methods that were used during experimentation. This includes the design of the research, the procedure of the study, instruments that were used, data gathering, flow chart, and the treatment of data. The research used an experimentalcomparative design where the researchers found the cause, reason, and the pre-existing differences in the study.

Keywords: Biomarker; Cardiometabolic risk; Effectiveness; Noninvasive; Obesity; Saliva; Serum; Significant difference; Uric acid.