Analysis on Prevalence Rate and Influential Factors of Hyperuricemia among Residents in Ouhai District,Wenzhou

Objective To assess the prevalence rate of hyperuricemia and its risk factors among residents in Ouhai district,Wenzhou.Methods A cluster random sampling was performed to select 1520 permanent residents aged over 35 years from two communities in Ouhai district for this cross-sectional study.SPSS 13.0 software was used to analyze the data of questionnaires,physical examination and laboratory testing.Results Prevalence rate of hyperuricemia of residents in Ouhai was 7.6% totally,with male 10.4% and female 5.3%(χ2=13.94,P0.01).Non-conditional Logistic regression analysis showed that male,obesity,central obesity,hypertension,hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia were the major risk factors of hyperuricemia.Conclusions With a middle level prevalence rate of hyperuricemia and various influential factors in Ouhai district,the comprehensive measures should be taken to prevent and control it to reduce the incidence rate.