[Association between serum uric acid and airflow obstruction based on the health-checkup population].

OBJECTIVE

To investigate the association between serum uric acid, pulmonary function and airflow obstruction in Chinese Taiwan healthy subjects.

METHODS

All the cross-sectional analysis was performed in the population over 40 years old using the physical examination data of Chinese Taiwan MJ Health Resource Center between 1996 and 2016 stratification by gender. The correlation analyses between serum uric acid were done and multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the effect of serum uric acid on airflow obstruction.

RESULTS

A total of 35 465 people were included in the study, including 16 411 men and 19 054 women. Among them, the serum uric acid concentration of men was higher than that of women, and the serum uric acid concentration of the people with airflow obstruction was higher than that of the people without airflow obstruction. There was a negative correlation between serum uric acid level and the forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and the force vital capacity (FVC) in women ( < 0.05), but in men the correlation didn' t exist (>0.05). After adjusting for age, education, smoking status, drinking status, work strength, body mass index, history of cough, history of hypertension, history of diabetes, history of dyslipidemia, white blood cells and blood albumin, the airflow obstruction in women was more likely to exist with the serum uric acid elevated (=1. 12, 95%: 1.02-1.22, < 0.05). The results showed that women with hyperuricemia were more likely to have airflow obstruction than those without hyperuricemia (=1.36, 95%: 1.06-1.75, < 0.05). There was no correlation between serum uric acid concentration and airflow obstruction in men (=1.04, 95%: 0.96-1.13, >0.05), also the hyperuricemia and airflow obstruction (=1.12, 95%: 0.89-1.39, >0.05).

CONCLUSION

There is a negative correlation between serum uric acid and FEV1 and FVC in relatively healthy women, and there is an association between elevated serum uric acid and airflow obstruction in women, but not in men. Further prospective studies are needed to explore whether high serum uric acid level can increase the risk of airflow obstruction.