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© 1981 British Society for Rheumatology

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THE RELATIONSHIP OF SERUM URIC ACID TO SUBCLINICAL BLOOD LEAD

MICHAEL D. BAKER1, JOHN R. JOHNSTON1,, ALLAN E. MACLATCHY1 and BASIL N. BEZUIDENHOUT2

1Haggie Rand Ltd. Johannesburg, S. Africa
2Institute for Biostatistics of the South African Medical Research Council (Transvaal Branch) Johannesburg, S. Africa

Correspondence to: Requests for reprints to Dr. J. R. Johnston, Haggie Rand Ltd., P.O. Box 40072, Cleveland 2022, Transvaal, R.S.A

Subclinical blood lead (>2.90 µmol/1, i.e. 60 µg/dl) and serum uric acid (SUA) levels were monitored in 318 Black males (aged 20 to 60 years). No statistically significant relationship between the two biological parameters was observed but SUA and age were correlated (r=0.145). On subdividing the total study population into hostel and township groups, the latter demonstrated a significantly higher (P>0.01) mean SUA level. This could be explained by the increased sophistication, relative to the hostel group, of the latter's lifestyle


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