BMJ  2008;336:285-286 (9 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.39479.667731.80

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Sugary drinks, fruit, and increased risk of gout

Dietary fructose could be a contributing factor

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The accompanying prospective cohort study by Choi and Curhan adds dietary fructose intake to the list of possible risk factors for gout.¹ Laboratory evidence that dietary fructose increases serum urate already exists, and recent epidemiological studies have found an association between dietary fructose and hyperuricaemia in the United States.^{2 3 4 5}

The health professionals follow-up study was established in 1986 to examine the relation between nutritional factors and disease onset in later life in more than 50 000 American men.¹ Previous analyses have looked at the association of obesity, alcohol, and diet with the onset of gout.

This new analysis looks at the role of non-alcoholic drinks and fruit on the first onset of gout. It finds a strong association between sugar sweetened soft drinks, usually containing fructose, and gout. Consuming two servings a day of a sugar sweetened soft drink increased the risk of developing gout by 85% (relative risk 1.85, . . . [Full text of this article]

¹ Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL

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