Community-based epidemiological study on hyperuricemia in Pu-Li, Taiwan.

A community-based survey to study the prevalence and factors associated with hyperuricemia was carried out by the Yang-Ming Crusade from 1987 to 1988 in Pu-Li Township, Taiwan. A total of 1,738, out of 2,573 registered residents over 30 years of age, were contacted for at least one of the two home-visit interviews or for a fasting blood test. The prevalence of hyperuricemia (> or = 458.2 mumol/L for men; > or = 392.7 mumol/L for women) was 17.3%. The prevalence increased with age. Men had a higher prevalence than women (20.3% vs 14.6%). To study the significant correlates of hyperuricemia, univariate analyses and logistic regression were used. The logistic regression analysis showed that after simultaneously controlling the covariates, four variables were significantly correlated with hyperuricemia: blood pressure, creatinine, triglyceride and organ meat consumption.