Table 1.

Patient demographic data and comorbidities

Characteristic	Gout subjects (n = 34)	Non-gout controls (n = 64)	p value
Age in years (mean ± SE)	57.91 ± 2.32	53.23 ± 0.95	0.07
BMI (mean ± SE)	30.45 ± 0.1	28.51 ± 0.68	0.04
Male (%)	100.00	100.00
Race			< 0.0001
White (%)	44.12	92.19
African American (%)	44.12	7.81
Other (%)	11.76	0.00
Coronary artery disease (%)	20.59	0.00	0.0004
Chronic kidney disease (%)	76.47	0.00	< 0.0001
Diabetes mellitus (%)	5.88	0.00	0.12
Hyperlipidemia (%)	50.00	20.34	0.003
Hypertension (%)	70.59	23.73	< 0.0001
Smoking, current (%)	29.41	0.00	< 0.0001