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JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 2, Pages 410-416Publisher
J RHEUMATOL PUBL CO
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090736
Keywords
WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BODY MASS INDEX; URIC ACID; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; BLOOD PRESSURE
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- Chiyoda Mutual Life Foundation
- St. Luke's Grant for the Epidemiological Research
- Daiwa Securities Health Foundation
- Kowa Life Science Foundation
- Foundation for Total Health Promotion
- Gout Research Foundation of Japan
- Kuruzumi Medical Foundation
- Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, Japan
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Objective. Studies have shown that obesity is associated with an increase in serum uric acid: and few data are available on the relationship between changes in measures of obesity and changes in uric acid concentrations. We investigated the relationship among percentage changes in waist circumference (%dWC). body mass index (%dBMI), and serum Uric acid (%dUA). Methods. The data of 3153 individuals [1968 men, 1185 women (536 premenopausal. 649 postmenopausal)] who underwent general health screening over a 2-year period and were not taking anti-hyperuricemic medication were analyzed. Results. Stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that %dBMI was associated positively with %dUA in postmenopausal Women and men. and the association retained statistical significance after adjustment for changes in blood pressure and in renal function. Association between %dBMI and %dUA was not significant in premenopausal women. In men, %dWC was a predicting factor for %dUA, although it did not remain significant when %dBMI Was used as a covariate in the statistical model. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the odds ratio of the association between the lowest %dBMI quartile (%dBMI < -1.86) and the lowest %dUA quartile (%dUA < -7.41) was 2.04 (95% CI 1.35-3.07) in postmenopausal women and 1.46 (95% CI 1.14-1.86) in men. Conclusion. Weight loss may represent all effective nonmedical strategy for reducing serum UA levels, especially in postmenopausal women and men. (First Release Dec 23 2009: J Rheumatol 2010;37:410-6: doi: 10.3899/jrheum.090736)
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