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Prevalence of Hyperuricemia and the Use of Allopurinol in Older Poles-Results from a Population-Based PolSenior Study.

Mateusz WinderAleksander Jerzy OwczarekMalgorzata MossakowskaKatarzyna BroczekTomasz GrodzickiLukasz WieruckiJerzy Chudek
Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2021)
Hyperuricemia was present in 23.1% (95% CI: 21.8-24.4) of the older Polish population. The frequency of hyperuricemia increases with age, reaching 30.5% in men and 33.7% in women aged 90 years or more. Chronic kidney disease, obesity, heart failure, hypertriglyceridemia, and the use of diuretics were the strongest risk factors for hyperuricemia in older adults. The treatment with allopurinol was ineffective in more than half of participants.
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