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Table 2 Comparison of clinical and biochemical parameters between normouricaemic and hyperuricaemic subjects.

From: Hyperuricaemia and the metabolic syndrome in type 2 DM

Variable

Normouricaemic subjects

Hyperuricaemic subjects

p

Age (years)

60.1(10.5)

59.7(10)

0.09

BMI(kg/m2)

28.2 (5.6)

28.9 (6.4)

0.3

WC (cm)

92.8 (14)

96.1(14.5)

0.05

Duration of DM (years)

6.7(6)

7.2(6.9)

0.2

TCHOL (mg%)

184.2 (46.4)

191.1(43.2)

0.5

TG(mg%)

98.1(45.2)

119.4(59)

0.001

HDL-C(mg%)

45.1(19)

46.8(24.4)

0.6

LDL-C (mg%)

117.1 (48)

119 (63.5)

0.7

FBS (mg%)

157 (75)

160.5 (80.5)

0.6