INFLUENCE OF REGULAR ALCOHOL-CONSUMPTION ON URICACIDEMIA IN UNSELECTED HEALTHY-INDIVIDUALS

We analysed serum uric acid concentrations in a group of healthy male and female volunteers in Cordoba (Spain) possessing varying nutritiona l habits, in order to correlate them with their usual alcohol intake a s measured according to a protocolized, blind dietary questionnaire. T here was no significant correlation between the serum uric acid and th e amount-of alcohol regularly drunk by either male or female individua ls. These results suggest that a moderate alcohol intake has no effect on uricaemia in healthy individuals.