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Table 1 Participant characteristics at the time of sampling

From: A metabonomic study to explore potential markers of asymptomatic hyperuricemia and acute gouty arthritis

Characteristics

HCG

HUA group

AGA group

pa

Number of participants (n)

50

50

50

Age (y, mean ± SD)

38.42 ± 10.41

36.94 ± 15.22

38.61 ± 12.6

0.075

Uric acid (μmol/L, mean ± SD)

302.8 ± 30.08

526.64 ± 78.73

553.81 ± 152.37

0.003

Creatinine Clearance (ml/min, mean ± SD)

94.96 ± 3.28

92.21 ± 2.34

91.38 ± 2.15

0.582

Specific gravity (mean ± SD)

1.02 ± 0.003

1.00 ± 0.004

1.00 ± 0.00

0.062

Urine pH (mean ± SD)

6.04 ± 0.83

5.59 ± 0.89

5.57 ± 0.59

0.011

  1. HCG: the healthy control group; HUA: asymptomatic hyperuricemia; AGA: acute gouty arthritis; SD: standard deviation
  2. aCalculated by one-factor analysis of variance for categorical variables among three group