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NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS
Volume 29, Issue 4-6, Pages 330-334Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15257771003741273
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Gout; MS; uric acid; hyperuricemia
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Forty-four patients (40 males) with a mean age of 58 years were included in this pilot study. Mean serum urate concentration in patients with and without the metabolic syndrome (MS) was 8.8 mg/dL and 8.1 mg/dL, respectively. Urinary uric acid excretion was 543 mg/day/1.73m2 in the former and 609 mg/day/1.73m2 in the latter. Uric acid to creatinine ratio was 0.37 mg/mg in patients with the MS and 0.42 mg/mg in those without the MS. Mean serum urate increased from 8.6 mg/dL in subjects with three or more MS components to 10.3 mg/dL in those with five MS components. Serum urate was markedly lower in patients with mild MS (9 patients, 8.6 mg/dL) as compared to severe MS (10 patients, 9.2 mg/dL). In contrast, urinary uric acid to creatinine ratio was 0.42 mg/mg in patients with gout and mild MS and 0.33 mg/mg in gout patients with severe MS. Uric acid underexcretion appears to be more severe in gout patients with the MS. This disturbance appears to be related to the severity of the MS.
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