Skip to main content
Fig. 2 | BMC Rheumatology

Fig. 2

From: Variation in serum urate levels in the absence of gout and urate lowering therapy

Fig. 2

mg/dL = milligrams per deciliter. To determine whether a second normouricemic sUA measurement decreases the rate of subsequent conversion to hyperuricemia, a group with one initial normouricemic sUA (and a second check which was hyperuricemic) was compared to a group with two initial normouricemic sUAs. There was a non-significant trend between the group with only one normouricemic check (n = 6) vs. two normouricemic checks (n = 66) in conversion to hyperuricemia during the 3rd to 4th sUA checks, with the latter group more likely to remain normouricemic ([3/6 (50%) vs. 9/66 (14%) p = 0.0541].

Back to article page