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SERUM URATE LEVELS AND GOUT IN AUSTRALIAN MALES
Author(s) -
Jeremy Ross,
Towson Jocelyn
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb88075.x
Subject(s) - gout , hyperuricemia , medicine , asymptomatic , blood pressure , endocrinology , uric acid , population , mean value , physiology , mathematics , statistics , environmental health
The mean serum urate level of 500 employed Australian adult males was 6·28 mg/100 ml, with a standard deviation of 1·23 mg/100 ml. The distribution was unimodal, and emphasized that the population cannot be separated into two groups, one normal and one hyperuricæmic. There was a positive correlation of the serum urate level with weight, alcohol intake, blood pressure and occupation, but not with height or hæmoglobin value. The association between blood pressure and occupation on the one hand and serum urate level on the other was indirect, and dependent upon a relationship with weight. The therapeutic approach to asymptomatic hyperuricæmia is discussed. The prevalence of gout was 1·4%.