Table 1 Age, sex and serum urate details of studied sample sets
Sample set | Male, | Female, | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number (%) | Average agea (range) | Average serum urate mmol/Lb (range) | number (%) | Average agea (range) | Average serum urate mmol/Lb (range) | ||
Eastern Polynesian | Gout | 365 (76.5) | 37.8 (8–78) | 0.47 (0.11–0.98) | 112 (23.5) | 51.0 (10–81) | 0.45 (0.10–0.74) |
Control | 268 (38.0) | 42.5 (17–85) | 0.41 (0.13–0.67) | 437 (62.0) | 46.5 (17–88) | 0.34 (0.15–0.58) | |
Western Polynesian | Gout | 341 (91.9) | 35.1 (11–75) | 0.49 (0.17–0.84) | 30 (8.1) | 43.8 (14–80) | 0.49 (0.22–0.72) |
Control | 175 (56.8) | 38.3 (18–72) | 0.42 (0.19–0.73) | 133 (43.2) | 41.2 (17–58) | 0.35 (0.14–0.67) | |
Australasian | Gout | 794 (82.7) | 45.9 (5–92) | 0.42 (0.11–0.80) | 163 (17.3) | 62.6 (20–90) | 0.39 (0.13–0.74) |
Control | 465 (53.0) | 52.3 (18–87) | 0.38 ( 0.18–0.77) | 412 (47.0) | 44.9 (17–95) | 0.27 (0.13–0.59) | |
Eurogout | Gout | 628 (86.4) | 44.9 (16–83) | 0.42 (0.09–0.92) | 99 (13.6) | 57.5 (30–92) | 0.47 (0.13–0.88) |
FHS | Control | 1681 (53.7) | 40.8 (19–69) | 0.38 (0.13–0.67) | 1450 (46.3) | 43.9 (23–58) | 0.26 (0.07–0.54) |
ARIC | Control | 3172 (45.4) | 54.3 (44–66) | 0.39 (0.08–0.71) | 3817 (54.6) | 55.6 (45–65) | 0.31 (0.03–0.66) |
All European | Gout | 1422 (84.5) | 45.5 (5–92) | 0.42 0.09–0.92) | 262 (15.5) | 60.9 (20–92) | 0.42 (0.13–0.88) |
Control | 5318 (61.9) | 50.0 (18–87) | 0.38 (0.08–0.77) | 5679 (38.1) | 49.9 (17–95) | 0.29 (0.03–0.66) | |