Table 1.

Characteristics of gout patients and healthy controls.

Items	Acute gout	Intercritical gout	Healthy control
Cases no.	45	42	42
Gender	Male	Male	Male
Age (years)	44.5 ± 9.1	42.2 ± 13.6	45.7 ± 11.3
Disease duration (years)	5.8 ± 3.1	7.3 ± 4.6	–