3.56 million people, including the research team at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, were tracked for 7 years… Published in two international journals
A study has been published showing an increased risk of gout in young men with metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is a case of having three or more of the following: hypertension, hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and abdominal obesity. It is known to be a major risk factor for diabetes, fatty liver, and cardiovascular disease.
Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Professor Eun Young-hee, Samsung Seoul Hospital, Lee Jae-joon, Kim Hyung-jin (Rheumatology), a research team conducted follow-up for 7.4 years on 3.56 million males aged 20 to 39 who underwent health examinations between 2009 and 2012. did.
As a result, people with metabolic syndrome had a 2.4-fold higher risk of developing gout than those without metabolic syndrome. In particular, among the factors of metabolic syndrome, hypertriglyceridemia and abdominal obesity were particularly highly correlated with gout. The more metabolic syndrome factors, the higher the risk of gout.
Then, the research team conducted a follow-up study to see if changes in metabolic syndrome affect the occurrence of gout. As a result of analyzing 1.29 million men aged 20 to 39 who participated in three consecutive health checkups at two-year intervals, the risk of gout was nearly four times higher in those with chronic metabolic syndrome compared to those without continuous metabolic syndrome.
When a person without metabolic syndrome developed metabolic syndrome, the risk of gout more than doubled. Conversely, when people with metabolic syndrome recovered from metabolic syndrome, the risk of gout was reduced by nearly half. This study has been published in two international journals.
