title: Clinical aspects of gouty patients in Taiwan.
abstract: The mean age of the onset of gout in Taiwan is 49.6 years old. This is very similar to Japan. The female cases made up 5.78% of total cases. This is very similar to the world average of about 5%. As far as laboratory findings are concerned, uric acid had a significant correlation with BUN, creatinine, cholesterol and triglyceride. In our occupation study we found that gout occurs in almost every class of society and no particular group has any immunity.
authors.affiliation: Taipei Municipal Ho-Ping Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kamatani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishioka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mikanagi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004562:Electrocardiography; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006073:Gout / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D010375:Pedigree; D012737:Sex Factors; D013624:Taiwan