Table 1 Demographic, clinical, laboratory and anthropometric characteristics of subjects with and without gout

Age (year)

55.1 ± 13.7

51.1 ± 15.7

0.01

Area (%)

<0.01

  Hakka area

13.5

14.3

  Mountainous area

37.5

13.7

  East Coast area

9.6

15.3

  Penghu islands

10.6

14.0

  Metropolitan cities

9.6

14.9

  Provincial class I townships

10.6

13.1

  Provincial class II townships

8.7

14.7

Lifestyle factors

  Smoking (%)

68.6

70.9

0.63

  Alcohol drinking (%)

    Low

17.7

19.7

0.80

    Moderate

54.9

51.6

    High

27.5

28.7

Hypertension medication (%)

21.2

8.2

<0.01

Anthropometric indices

  BMI (kg/m²)

25.2 ± 2.9

23.5 ± 3.4

<0.01

  WC (cm)

86.3 ± 7.6

81.3 ± 9.8

<0.01

  WHR

0.90 ± 0.05

0.87 ± 0.07

<0.01

  WHtR

0.53 ± 0.04

0.49 ± 0.06

<0.01

Renal disease (%)

4.9

2.5

0.15

Metabolic syndrome (%)

41.4

16.9

<0.01

Triglyceride ≧ 150 mg/dl (%)

45.2

24.1

<0.01

HDL <40 mg/dl (%)

37.5

28.5

0.05

High blood pressure (%)*

71.2

53.6

0.01

High fasting glucose (%)^#

15.4

12.0

0.31

Uric acid ≧ 7.0 mg/dl (%)

64.4

40.3

<0.01