Prevalence and risk factors of hyperuricaemia in non-obese Chinese: a single-centre cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Hyperuricaemia is closely related to metabolic diseases and is receiving increasing attention from all over the world. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with hyperuricaemia in non-obese Chinese population.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Setting

A large general hospital that can provide health check-ups in Hangzhou, China.

Participants

A total of 5731 apparently healthy Chinese adults (2349 men and 3382 women) who took their health check-ups during the year of 2019. Exclusion criteria: (1) those with body mass index ≥24 kg/m2; (2) those with incomplete anthropometric and biochemical data; (3) those with a history of malignancy and (4) those under urate-lowering treatment.

Primary and secondar

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9171206 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature