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Coffee and gout
Identifier
005616
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Hyperuricemia is a level of uric acid in the blood that is abnormally high. Hyperuricemia causes gout, the implication here is that coffee helps in gout.
A description of the experience
J Nutr Metab. 2010;2010. pii: 930757. doi: 10.1155/2010/930757. Epub 2010 Jul 27. The relation of coffee consumption to serum uric Acid in Japanese men and women aged 49-76 years. Pham NM, Yoshida D, Morita M, Yin G, Toyomura K, Ohnaka K, Takayanagi R, Kono S. Department of Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Objective. Few studies have suggested an inverse relation between coffee intake and serum concentrations of uric acid (UA), but none has addressed the relation in men and women separately. We examined the relation between coffee intake and serum UA levels in free-living middle-aged and elderly men and women in Fukuoka, Japan.
Methods. Study subjects were derived from the baseline survey of a cohort study on lifestyle-related diseases, and included 11.662 men and women aged 49-76 years; excluded were those with medication for gout and hyperuricemia, use of diuretic drugs, and medical care for cancer or chronic kidney disease. Statistical adjustment was made for body mass index, alcohol use, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and other factors.
Results. There were inverse associations of coffee consumption with serum UA concentrations and hyperuricemia in men regardless of adjustment for covariates. Women showed a statistically significant, but weaker, inverse association between coffee and serum UA levels after allowance for the confounding factors.
Conclusion. The findings add to evidence for a protective association between coffee intake and hyperuricemia.
PMID: 20798877