Background Increased serum urate levels are associated with poor outcomes including but
not limited to gout. It is unclear whether serum urate levels are the sole predictor of incident …

Objectives Several recent observations have suggested that the prevalence of gout may be
increasing worldwide, but there are no recent data from the USA. We analysed the …

OBJECTIVES: Although diet has long been assumed to be associated with hyperuricemia,
the association between diet and hyperuricemia remains to be verified. METHODS: The …

Objectives To assess gout and asymptomatic hyperuricemia in Japan and review treatment
conditions. Methods This retrospective cross-sectional study analyzed the prevalence of …

Background Fructose plays an important role in the complex metabolism of uric acid in the
human body. However, high blood uric acid concentration, known as hyperuricemia, is the …

Objective. The relationship among serum uric acid (SUA), metabolic syndrome, and chronic
kidney disease (CKD) is unclear. We examined whether SUA level is an independent risk …

Whether asymptomatic hyperuricemia in the absence of comorbidities increases the risk for
cardiometabolic disorders and chronic kidney disease remains controversial. This study was …

Hyperuricemia has been associated with hypertension, however, whether this association
exists across all decades of adult life is unknown. This study aimed to assess the association …

Objective To investigate the incidence of gout and the interaction between uric acid level
and other risk factors in the development of gout. Methods Two hundred twenty-three …

Hyperuricemia is prevalent throughout the world. However, a well-designed large-scale
epidemiological investigation of hyperuricemia in southwestern China is lacking. A regional …