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Table 3 Clinical features of participants in the gout analysis

From: Body mass index modulates the relationship of sugar-sweetened beverage intake with serum urate concentrations and gout

 

Percentage with data

All (n = 2,578)

Controls (1,368)

Cases (1,210)

P

Age, years

100

52.1 (16.4)

47.0 (16.5)

57.8 (14.4)

4.9 × 10−66*

Male sex, n (%)

100

1739 (67.5)

740 (54.1)

999 (82.6)

<1.0 × 10−5**

NZ East Polynesian dataset, n (%)

100

901 (35.0)

583 (42.6)

319 (26.4)

<1.0 × 10−5**

NZ West Polynesian dataset, n (%)

100

597 (23.2)

271 (19.8)

326 (26.9)

NZ Mixed East/West Polynesian dataset, n (%)

100

92 (3.6)

64 (4.7)

28 (2.3)

NZ Caucasian dataset, n (%)

100

987 (38.3)

450 (32.9)

537 (44.4)

Serum urate at the time of recruitment, mmol/L

86.5

0.39 (0.11)

0.37 (0.10)

0.43 (0.11)

5.9 × 10−37*

Triglycerides, mmol/L

86.9

2.14 (1.4)

1.93 (1.18)

2.39 (1.60)

2.3 × 10−14*

Body mass index, kg/m2

100

32.4 (7.6)

31.3 (7.5)

33.6 (7.6)

2.6 × 10−15*

Fruit intake, pieces/day

98.9

2.9 (4.6)

2.8 (4.2)

3.0 (5.0)

0.27*

Kidney disease, n (%)

98.0

295 (11.7)

57 (4.3)

238 (20.1)

<1.0 × 10−5**

Hypertension, n (%)

98.3

975 (38.5)

309 (23.0)

666 (55.9)

<1.0 × 10−5**

  1. Unless specified, data are presented as mean (SD)
  2. NZ New Zealand
  3. *Two-sample t test with unequal variances
  4. **Chi-square test