Salud Pública de México (Nov 2013)

Sweetened beverages intake, hyperuricemia and metabolic syndrome. The Mexico City Diabetes Study.

  • Rubén López-Molina,
  • Socorro Parra-Cabrera,
  • Ruy López-Ridaura,
  • María E González-Villalpando,
  • Ele Ferrannini,
  • Clicerio González-Villalpando

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21149/spm.v55i6.7301
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 55, no. 6
pp. 557 – 563

Abstract

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Objective. To determine prevalence of hyperuricemia and its relation with intake of sweetened beverages (SB) and metabolic syndrome (MS) in low income urban Mexican population. Materials and methods. A cross-sectional analysis of The Mexico City Diabetes Study, a prospective population-based investigation (1 173 participants) was performed. We used logistic regression, adjusted by pertinent variables. We determined prevalence of hyperuricemia and explored associations of uric acid levels with MS and intake of SB. Results. Prevalence of hyperuricemia was 26.5 and 19.8% in males and females respectively. In an adjusted multivariate model, body mass index, waist circumference, and triglyceride were higher as uric acid quartiles increased (p menor que 0.005-0.001). The odds ratio for MS was 1.48 for 3rd uric acid quartile and 2.03 for 4th quartile. Higher consumption of SB was associated with higher uric acid levels (p menor que 0.001). Conclusion. Prevalence of hyperuricemia is high. Potential association with intake of SB, resulting in metabolic alterations should be considered.

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