title: Reference Ranges for Serum Uric Acid among Healthy Assamese People.
abstract: This study was designed to establish reference ranges for serum uric acid among healthy adult Assamese population. Samples from 1470 aged 35-86 years were used to establish age and sex related reference range by the centile method (central 95 percentile) for serum uric acid level. There were 51% (n = 754) males and 49% (n = 716) females; 75.9% (n = 1115) of them were from urban area and the rest 24.1% (n = 355) were from the rural area. Majority of the population were nonvegetarian (98.6%, n = 1450) and only 1.4% (n = 20) were vegetarian. The mean age, weight, height, and uric acid of the studied group were 53.6 ± 11.3 years, 62.6 ± 10.5 kg, 160 ± 9.4 cm, and 5.5 ± 1.4 mg/dL, respectively. There is a statistically significant difference in the mean value of the abovementioned parameters between male and female. The observed reference range of uric acid in the population is 2.6-8.2 mg/dL which is wider than the current reference range used in the laboratory. Except gender (P < 0.0001), we did not find any significant relation of uric acid with other selected factors.
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Lab, GNRC Hospitals, Dispur, Guwahati 6, 781006, India ; GNRC Lab Services, GNRC Hospitals, Dispur, Guwahati 781006, India.
authors.forename: Madhumita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Lab, GNRC Hospitals, Dispur, Guwahati 6, 781006, India.
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Borah
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Lab, GNRC Hospitals, Dispur, Guwahati 6, 781006, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghose
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Lab, GNRC Hospitals, Dispur, Guwahati 6, 781006, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Choudhury