Exposure to Chinese famine and the risk of hyperuricemia in later life: a population-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited studies have investigated the relationship between famine exposure and the risk of hyperuricemia in later life. Consequently, the primary purpose of the current study was to examine the potential association between exposure to Chinese famine and hyperuricemia, as well as any gender disparities in this relationship.

Method

The data were obtained from the China PEACE (China Patient-Centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events) Million Persons Project in Rongchang. The study participants were enrolled into different cohorts based on their birthdates: the fetal-exposed cohort (born between 1959 and 1962), the childhood-exposed cohort (born between 1949 and 1958), the adolescence-exposed cohort (born between 1941 and 1948), and the non-exposed cohorts (bor

SUBMITTER: Xiong H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10828035 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature