Baseline characteristics of cohort members by history of gout (percentage or mean and SD) in the Singapore Chinese Health Study (1999–2009)
Gout (n=2117) | No gout (n=50 205) | p Value | |
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Age (years) at follow-up I interview | 61.5±7.7 | 61.6±8.0 | 0.686 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 24.6±3.5 | 23.1±3.5 | <0.0001 |
Gender (%) | <0.0001 | ||
Men | 65.7 | 41.5 | |
Women | 34.3 | 58.5 | |
Dialect (%) | 0.035 | ||
Cantonese | 46.2 | 48.5 | |
Hokkien | 53.8 | 51.5 | |
Level of education (%) | <0.0001 | ||
No formal education | 15.4 | 26.2 | |
Primary school (1–6 years) | 42.9 | 44.7 | |
Secondary and above | 41.7 | 29.1 | |
History of stroke (%) | 5.1 | 3.5 | 0.0003 |
History of diabetes mellitus (%) | 17.1 | 14.3 | 0.0003 |
History of hypertension (%) | 62.8 | 38.2 | <0.0001 |
History of CHD (%) | 14.3 | 6.9 | <0.0001 |
Cigarette smoking (%) | <0.0001 | ||
Never smokers | 59.5 | 69.2 | |
Former smoker | 26.1 | 14.8 | |
Current smokers | 14.4 | 15.9 | |
Alcohol (%) | <0.0001 | ||
None/monthly | 86.4 | 89.9 | |
Weekly | 10.1 | 7.3 | |
Daily | 3.5 | 2.8 | |
Weekly moderate activity (%) | <0.0001 | ||
No | 71.8 | 77.8 | |
0.5–3 h/week | 17.4 | 14.1 | |
4+ h/week | 10.8 | 8.1 | |
Diet saturated fat density (g/day) | 16.4±7.9 | 15.7±8.1 | <0.0001 |
Diet cholesterol density (g/day) | 186.6 ± 104.1 | 173.8±104.7 | <0.0001 |
CHD, coronary heart disease.