Table 1.
Distributions of Demographic Characteristics Between Healthy Controls and Patients with Gout (N = 385).
| Characteristics | Healthy Control Group n (%) |
Gout Group n (%) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | <0.05 | ||
| Female | 212 (69.70%) | 47 (58%) | |
| Male | 92 (30.30%) | 34 (42%) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Unmarried | 70 (23%) | 15 (18.50%) | 0.38 |
| Married | 234 (77%) | 66 (81.50%) | |
| Educational level | |||
| College | 61 (20%) | 13 (16%) | <0.05 |
| Senior high school | 144 (47.40%) | 27 (33.30%) | |
| Junior high school or below | 99 (32.60%) | 41 (50.70%) | |
| Monthly income | |||
| >US$214 | 40 (13.10%) | 12 (14.80%) | 0.68 |
| US$128~214 | 68 (22.40%) | 21 (25.90%) | |
| <US$128 | 196 (64.50%) | 48 (59.30%) | |
| Occupational status | 0.35 | ||
| Employed | 151 (49.70%) | 45 (55.60%) | |
| Unemployed | 153 (50.30%) | 36 (44.40%) | |
| Age (years) | <0.05 | ||
| ≤47 | 164 (53.90%) | 34 (42%) | |
| >47 | 140 (46.10%) | 47 (58%) | |
| Uric acid level (mg/dL) | <0.01 | ||
| ≤5.7 | 195 (64.10%) | 2 (2.50%) | |
| >5.7 | 109 (35.90%) | 79 (97.50%) | |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | |||
| ≤131 | 162 (53.30%) | 31 (38.30%) | <0.05 |
| >131 | 142 (46.70%) | 50 (61.70%) | |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | |||
| ≤80 | 152 (50%) | 44 (54.30%) | 0.48 |
| >80 | 152 (50%) | 37 (45.70%) | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | <0.05 | ||
| ≤24.9 | 151 (49.70%) | 22 (27.20%) | |
| >24.9 | 153 (50.30%) | 59 (72.80%) | |
| Alcohol Consumption | 0.001 | ||
| Non-drinker | 253 (65.70%) | 52 (13.50%) | |
| Drinker | 51 (13.20%) | 29 (7.50%) |
Note: The X2 test was used to compare between groups; SHS, second-hand smoke; pcs = pieces.