The epidemiology of gout and hyperuricemia in a rural population of Java.
The prevalence of gout and hyperuricemia was investigated by a survey of a total population of 4683 rural adults. The successful response rate was 95.2%. Of the respondents 85.3% of the individuals were examined. The prevalence of gout and hyperuricemia in men was 1.7 and 24.3%, respectively. The male to female ratio was 34:1 for gout and 2:1 for hyperuricemia. The observed higher prevalence of gout and hyperuricemia in this male Malayo-Polynesian population compared with Caucasian data, in spite of a lower life expectancy and subsistence economy, suggests that genetic and racial predisposition are key causative factors.
Darmawan
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Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Valkenburg
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Muirden
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Wigley
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006073:Gout / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012744:Sex Ratio; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000652:urine*; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics; D014944:World Health Organization
D014527:Uric Acid