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Article: Visceral Fat Heightens Atherosclerotic Risks In Gout Patients.
- Article from:
- Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
- Article date:
- June 9, 2001
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2001 JUN 9 - (NewsRx Network) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - The accumulation of visceral fat in gout patients sends up one more red flag for insulin resistance and atherosclerotic disease, according to new research out of Japan.
Gout already places patients at higher risk for insulin resistance, and the more visceral fat obesity, the more complicated that risk becomes, said S. Takahashi and associates.
Their research looked into the degree and incidence of visceral fat accumulation in 138 gout patients who were classified as overexcretion type (n=53) and underexcretion type (n=85) based on their uric acid clearance and urinary uric acid ...