Prevalence of hyperuricemia in diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Objective :
To explore the prevalence of hyperuricemia in diabetes mellitus patients.
Design : Eighty diabetic patients attended diabetic clinic center at teaching hospital in Najaf city between February and June 2006 were evaluated to explore the prevalence of hyperuricemia , thirty of them ( group A ) had joint problems and fifty of them (group B) did not.
Result:
Ten patients (33%) from group A had hyperuricemia versus one (2%) from group B.
Conclusion:
Data from observation study suggest that there is correlation between joint problems and high serum uric acid in diabetes mellitus .