Long-term drinking behavior change patterns and its association with hyperuricemia in chinese adults: evidence from China Health and Nutrition Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to explore the association between long-term drinking behavior change patterns with hyperuricemia (HUA) in Chinese community adults.

Methods

This study was designed as a community-based unbalanced cohort study involving 4127 adults aged between 18 ~ 75 years, derived from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) in 1997 and 2009. Drinking behavior change patterns were categorized into: never drinking, change to drinking, quitting drinking, and continued drinking. The alcoholism, type, and frequency of drinking were further categorized. We applied logistic regression models to explore the associations between drinking behavior change patterns and HUA.

Results

The average age of the participants was 54.6 (± 11.3) years and 47.8% were male. The ov

SUBMITTER: Zhu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9210654 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature