Research Article
Urinary Metabolomics Study of Patients with Gout Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Table 1
Demographic and clinical chemistry characteristics of gout patients.
| | | Group | P value | | | Gout patients (N=35) | Healthy controls (N=29) |
| | Age (years) | 45.3±1.8 | 43.1±1.6 | P>0.05 | | Male/female ratio | 34/1 | 27/2 | P>0.05 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 24.4±0.3 | 23.7±0.4 | P>0.05 | | Blood urate (μmol/L) | 434.8±14.8 | - | - | | Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L) | 6.5±0.3 | - | - | | Serum creatinine (μmol/L) | 76.8±3.6 | - | - | | ESR (mm/h) | #13.4±1.7 | - | - |
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Note: data are presented as mean ± SEM; ESR means erythrocyte sedimentation rate; # represents the information on ESR was available for 33 patients.
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