Table 2.

Serum urate in CF patients compared to historical controls

	Men		Women
	CF	Controls*	CF	Controls*
n	108	2283	74	2844
Mean age (range) yrs	30 (18–54)	44 (30–65)	30 (17–62)	44 (30–65)
Serum urate (mmol/L)	0.40 (0.09)	0.31 (0.08)†	0.30 (0.07) ‡	0.24 (0.06)†

*Control data taken from US Framingham study⁶

^†P < 0.0001 vs CF patients

^‡P < 0.0001 vs men