Visceral fat obesity is highly associated with primary gout in a metabolically obese but normal weighted population: a case control study

Gout is a chronic inflammatory disease the development of which is associated with obesity-induced metabolic abnormalities. However, a substantial number of non-obese patients (body mass index [BMI] <25 kg/m(2)) also develop gout in Korea. It was suggested that accumulation of visceral fat rather than subcutaneous fat is associated with metabolic abnormalities and hyperuricemia in patients with gout; therefore, we hypothesized that visceral fat accumulation was increased in non-obese gout patients. One hundred and three male patients with primary gout and 204 age-matched healthy controls wh... Mehr ...