Abstract
Gout is not the only complication resulting from hyperuricemia (HU). There are a variety of other pathological conditions where HU plays a role. The HU may occur in gastric cancer, ischemic colitis (IC) in young adult population, urinary stones in subjects with a permanent ileostomy, entero-arthrotic syndrome, obstructive uropathy associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis, laxative abuse syndrome and morbidly obese patients after jejunoileal intestinal bypass surgery etc. In the present study, the prevalence, role of nonmodifiable risk factors (age, gender), and socio-demographic status (education, family size and monthly income) in normouricemic subjects (NUS) and hyperuricemic subjects (HUS) (total randomly selected subjects=108; male: 83; female: 25; HUS: n= 21 men (25.30% of total subjects); mean±SD of age for HUS: 34.75±12.37 years that is significantly higher (p=0.009) than the control NUS: 27.76±8.54 years) in Makkah were studied. It was noticed that the HUS had habit of consuming purine- rich foods. The greater part of investigated subjects had graduate educational level for NUS (71.26%) and HUS (42.86 %). Education level, in general was found significantly different for the NUS and HUS (p
