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Table 2 Preoperative characteristics of the study population

From: Benefits of uric acid-lowering medication after bariatric surgery in patients with gout

Parameter

DTG (n = 32)

NDTG (n = 39)

P value

Number of patients

Male

Female

Ages (years)

32

5

27

33.2 (5.6)

39

7

32

33.5 (5.4)_

-

-

-

0.8767

Weight (kg)

98.5 (12.7)

95.3 (15.8)

0.4923

BMI (kg/m2)

39.5 (5.1)

38.6 (6.6)

0.5318

SUA (µmol/L)

455.3 (37.9)

472.3 (38.3)

0.3188

Number of gout attacks

1.9 (0.6)

2.1 (0.7)

0.4898

Creatinine

70.8 (19.4)

78.7 (24.1)

0.1455

  1. Unless specified, data are represented as the mean (SD)
  2. BMI body mass index, SUA serum uric acid, DTG drug treatment group, NDTG non-drug-treatment group