Risk factors for the incidence of hyperuricaemia: A 6-year longitudinal study of middle-aged Japanese men

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 888-893

  Nakanishi, Noriyuki ^a   Tatara, Kozo ^a   Nakamura, Koji ^b   Suzuki, Kenji ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TAKENAKA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Japan Labor and Welfare Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hyperuricaemia; Incidence; Japanese men; Longitudinal study; Middle age; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; URIC ACID;

EID: 0032696450     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.5.888     Document Type: Article

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