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The author investigated the various factors affecting serum uric acid (SUA) level in patients with diabetes mellitus and the following results were obtained.
1) The levels of SUA in male patients were higher than that in female ones and were trend to increase among young groups.
2) The levels of SUA in diabetics With both obesity and hypertriglyceridemia significantly increased. However, a single factor such as obesity, hypertension, hypercholesterilemia and hypertriglyceridemia did not increase the SUA levels.
3) Fasting blood glucose (FBG) was negatively correlated to the SUA level. The SUA level increased as FBG lowered and urine sugar decreased.
