Table 1.
Characteristics of 26714 Study Participants from the Framingham Heart Study, Rotterdam Study, and ARIC Study. Data shown are mean (standard deviation) unless otherwise indicated.
| Study Sample |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| FHS | Rotterdam | ARIC white | ARIC black | |
| Samples for serum uric acid | Exam 1 (1948, 1971, 2002)§ | visit 1 (1990 – 1993) | visit 1 (1987–89) | |
| Number | 7699 | 4148 | 11024 | 3843 |
| Uric Acid (μmol/l)* | 315.2 (89.2) | 321.2 (80.9) | 350.9 (89.8) | 374.7 (99.3) |
| Female (%) | 53 | 61 | 53 | 62 |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 25.9 (4.9) | 26.3 (3.7) | 27.0 (4.9) | 29.6 (6.1) |
| Age (y) | 37.9 (9.4) | 69.7 (9.0) | 54.3 (5.7) | 53.5 (5.8) |
| Alcohol drinking (g/week)** | 48 (12, 120) | 43 (3,85) | 30 (0, 93) | 53 (15, 125) |
| Current Drinker (%) | 81 | 79 | 65 | 32 |
| Hypertension treatment (%) | 8 | 33 | 26 | 43 |
| Samples for gout | Offspring and Third Generation£ | During follow up (1990 – 2006) | visit 4 (1996–98) | |
| Number | 7386 | 5741 | 8599 | 2392 |
| Gout (%,n) | 2.7 (197) | 3.3 (190) | 5.4 (467) | 8.8 (210) |
| Female (%) | 53 | 59 | 54 | 64 |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 27.0 (6.5) | 26.3 (3.7) | 26.9 (4.7) | 29.6 (5.9) |
| Age (y) | 50.0 (13.9) | 69.0 (8.8) | 54.1 (5.7) | 52.9 (5.7) |
| Alcohol drinking (g/week)** | 33 (12, 60) | 47 (3, 86) | 28 (0, 91) | 26 (0, 76) |
| Current Drinker (%) | 51 | 79 | 56 | 26 |
| Hypertension treatment (%) | 21 | 32 | 39 | 59 |
*
to convert to mg/dl, divide by 59.48
**
median (1st and 3rd quartile), among current drinkers
§
Exam 1 of the Original Cohort (1948), Offspring (1971), and Third Generation (2002–2005)
£
Exams 3–7 of Offspring (1987–1999) and exam 1 of the Third Generation (2002–2005)