Association between urbanisation and the risk of hyperuricaemia among Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the association between urbanicity and hyperuricaemia (HUA) and whether urbanicity is an independent risk factor for HUA in Chinese adults.

Design

Data analysis from a cross-sectional survey.

Setting and participants

8579 subjects aged 18 years or older were enrolled in the study from the 2009 wave of the China Health and Nutrition Survey to analyse the association between urbanicity and HUA. We divided them into three categories according to urbanisation index (low, medium and highly urbanised groups).

Main outcome measures

HUA was defined as serum uric acid ≥7 mg/dL in men and ≥6 mg/dL in women.

Results

The prevalence of HUA in low, medium and highly urbanised groups was 12.2%, 14.6% and 19.8%, respectively. The independent factors

SUBMITTER: Yu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7949434 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature