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Table 5 Clinical features of participants in the acute fructose loading study

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

 

All (n = 76)

BMI <25 (n = 31)

BMI ≥25 (n = 45)

P

Age, years

30 (17)

28 (14)

33 (19)

0.22

Male sex, n (%)

45 (59 %)

15 (48 %)

30 (67 %)

0.18

European ethnicity, n (%)

25 (33 %)

16 (52 %)

9 (20 %)

0.009

Māori ethnicity, n (%)

25 (33 %)

11 (35 %)

14 (31 %)

0.88

Pacific ethnicity, n (%)

26 (34 %)

4 (13 %)

22 (49 %)

0.002

Serum urate, mmol/l

0.36 (0.11)

0.31 (0.09)

0.40 (0.11)

0.0003

Triglycerides, mmol/L

1.24 (0.78)

0.93 (0.34)

1.44 (0.92)

0.0013

Fractional excretion of uric acid, %

5.82 (2.15)

5.97 (2.46)

5.70 (1.97)

0.60

Body mass index, kg/m2

27.4 (5.6)

22.6 (1.66)

30.8 (4.9)

<0.0001

Kidney disease, n (%)

1 (1.3 %)

1 (3.2 %)

0 (0 %)

0.82

Hypertension, n (%)

6 (7.9 %)

2 (6.5 %)

4 (8.9 %)

0.99

  1. Unless specified, data are presented as mean (SD)
  2. BMI body mass index