title: Lipid studies in primary gout.
abstract: Serum total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglyceride were measured in three groups of male patients with primary gout. The groups were defined by the presence of 0, 1, or more than 1 coexisting medical conditions or cardiac risk factors (coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, proteinuria, overweight). Mean values of total, LDL, and HDL cholesterol were lower in patients with one or more associated conditions than in those with none. By contrast, triglyceride levels were significantly higher and exceeded the desirable range. Distributions of individual values of all lipid parameters except triglycerides were similar along the three groups. Triglyceride values, however, were significantly higher in patients with multiple complications. Observed differences in lipid values could not be correlated with patient age or type of nature of medication received. High triglycerides and LDL cholesterol are not a feature of uncomplicated gout in men. HDL cholesterol tends to be normal and triglyceride mildly elevated. Only in patients with two or three associated medical conditions are high triglycerides or low HDL cholesterol common. Our results suggest that these findings are independently related to concurrent disease and that gout is not necessarily in itself a risk factor for cardiovascular or diabetic disease.
authors: T F
authors: TF
authors: Yu
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Oreskes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D006073:Gout / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids