Gout alert for young men… If you have ‘metabolic syndrome’, your risk doubles

Metabolic syndrome increases in proportion to the number of factors
If metabolic syndrome is recovered, the risk of developing it is halved↓
Active management of metabolic syndrome is essential to prevent gout

(From left) Kangbuk Samsung Hospital Rheumatology Professor Eun Young-hee, Samsung Seoul Hospital Rheumatology Professor Lee Jae-joon and Kim Hyung-jin

Due to the influence of recent westernized eating habits, smoking, and drinking, The risk of gout is higher for those with metabolic syndrome, while the number of gout patients is rapidly increasing in young men.research results were published.

metabolic syndrome is Those who have three or more of the following: hypertension, hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and abdominal obesitysays It has been well known as a risk factor for diabetes, fatty liver, and cardiovascular disease. Also identified as a risk factor for goutIt became.

Gangbuk Samsung Hospital Rheumatology Professor Eun Young-hee, Samsung Seoul Hospital Rheumatology Professor Lee Jae-joon and Kim Hyung-jin research team conducted a health checkup between 2009 and 2012, targeting 3.56 million males aged 20 to 39 years of follow-up for 7.4 years. Men with metabolic syndrome were 2.4 times more likely to develop gout than men without metabolic syndromesaid.

In particular, the research team has identified one of the factors of metabolic syndrome. Hypertriglyceridemia and abdominal obesity were highly correlated with gout, and the risk of gout increased as more metabolic syndrome factors were present.said.

But fortunately It has been confirmed that the risk of gout can be reduced by managing metabolic syndromedone.

The research team conducted a follow-up study on 1.29 million men aged 20 to 39 who participated in three consecutive health checkups at two-year intervals to see if changes in metabolic syndrome affect the risk of developing gout. People with chronic metabolic syndrome have regarding 4 times the risk of gout, and people without metabolic syndrome have more than 2 times the risk of having metabolic syndrome. When people with metabolic syndrome recover, the risk of gout is reduced by nearly half.did.

Professor Eun Young-hee of the Department of Rheumatology at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital said, “It is well known that the number of young male gout patients has increased recently, but this study is significant in that there have been few studies on the risk factors that cause gout.”As it has been confirmed that metabolic syndrome is an important risk factor for gout in young men, active management of metabolic syndrome is essential to prevent gout.”he emphasized.

Meanwhile, the results of this study were published in Frontiers in Medicine, an SCI(E)-level international academic journal, and Arthritis & Rheumatology, an American journal of rheumatology.

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