Uric acid and chronic musculoskeletal complaints.
The relation between chronic musculoskeletal complaints and serum uric acid was examined in 737 men and 771 women (40-42 years old). The study is cross-sectional and part of the National Health Screening Service county studies in Norway. Both men and women with chronic musculoskeletal complaints had significantly higher s-urate means than persons without such complaints. Moreover, the prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal complaints (gout excluded) changed significantly across increasing s-urate levels also within the normal distribution of s-urate. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the s-urate odds ratio for chronic complaints rose in a linear manner across these s-urate levels (adjusted for 12 other independent variables that may interfere with uric acid). Such a relation has not to our knowledge been previously described.
Aarflot
T
T
Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Norway.
Laerum
E
E
Bruusgaard
D
D
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood*
D014527:Uric Acid