" Relationship between uric acid and obesity"

Abstract

Abstract: Objective: To determine the relationship between obesity and the level of serum uric acid. Subjects: Blood sample was taken from 143 outpatients at Al-Basrah Hospital, they were divided into two groups, 48 blood sample of obese and 95 blood samples of control. Plasma uric acid was measured by enzymatic determination of uric acid. Result: Results showed that serum uric acid concentration was significantly increasing in obese group than that of control group (p< 0.05), while the difference among males in the two groups was, though not significant (P>0.05). Serum uric acid concentration in obese male significantly increasing in comparison with obese female (p< 0.05). The relations between age and concentration of uric acid in obese male significantly ( p < 0.005) higher than obese female. Conclusion: Serum uric acid was significantly increasing in obese than that of control group. When considering obese group only, findings show mean uric acid concentration of males is significantly higher than that of females, it has been suggested that mechanism of hyperuricemia in obesity