Correlation Between Age and Food Intake Containing Purine Toward The Incidence of Hyperuricemia in Fishermen in Batukaras Village, Cijulang District, Pangandaran 2016

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10.2991/ichlas-17.2017.42How to use a DOI?

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age; food intake; high purine; hyperuricemia

Abstract

Enhancement of uric acid levels (hyperuricemia) can cause disturbances in the human body as feeling weary in the joints and is often accompanied by the onset of extreme pain for the sufferer. In social charity programme research conducted by Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Muhammadiyah Jakarta in August 2016 found that there were an enhancement of uric acid levels (hyperuricemia) in fishermen in Batukaras Village Cijulang District, Pangandaran as many as 57 people who have high levels of uric acid (hyperuricemia). The study design was cross sectional and used descriptive analytic method, by total sampling 52 respondents. The study was conduct in Oktober 2016 in Batukaras Village Cijulang district – Pangandaran. Respondents who suffered from hyperuricemia as many as 38 people with the most age above 40 years as many as 29 people. Chi-square test states that there is a significant correlation between the intake of foods containing purines toward the incidence of hyperuricemia, while there is no correlation between age toward the incidence of hyperuricemia. Respondents who suffered from hyperuricemia as many as 38 people at most age over 40. Food containing high purine become the highest factor that led to the incidence of hyperuricemia followed by medium purine and low purine.

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AU  - Slamet Sudi Santoso
AU  - Andre Bastiazeno
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