Menopause, postmenopausal hormone use and serum uric acid levels in US women – The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Table 3 Characteristics of postmenopausal women in the NHANES III according to postmenopausal hormone use

Variable	Never	Past use	Current
Participants, n	2446	607	453
Age (years)	64	63	56
Body mass index (kg/m²)	28	27	26
Diuretic use (%)	18	18	16
Hypertension (%)	43	48	34
Alcohol intake (servings/day)	0.1	0.1	0.2
Total meat intake (servings/day)	0.9	0.9	0.9
Seafood intake (servings/day)	0.2	0.2	0.2
Dairy food intake (servings/day)	1.4	1.5	1.3
Sweetened soft drink intake (servings/day)	0.3	0.2	0.2
Coffee intake (servings/day)	1.2	1.2	1.3
Uric acid drug use^a (%)	1.4	0.4	1.4
Creatinine (mg/dl)	1.0	1.0	1.0

Data are presented incorporating sample weights and adjusted for clusters and strata of the complex sample design of NHANES III. ^aAllopurinol and uricosuric agents.

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