Table 2 Clinical and disease-related factors of study participants at the university of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital, Ethiopia, 2024 (n = 218).
Variable | Category | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Knowledge of optimal serum uric acid (UA) level | Yes | 42 (19.3%) |
No | 176 (80.7%) | |
Knowledge of hazards of high UA | Yes | 38 (17.4%) |
No | 180 (82.6%) | |
Drug adherence | Less than 7 days/week | 156 (71.6%) |
7 days/week | 62 (28.4%) | |
Diet adherence | Adherent | 128(58.7%) |
Non-adherent | 90(41.3%) | |
Physical activity | Active | 128 (58.7%) |
Inactive | 90 (41.3%) | |
Smoking status | Current smoker | 16 (7.3%) |
Ex-smoker (> 1 year) | 18 (8.3%) | |
Non-smoker | 184 (84.4%) | |
Alcohol use | Regular user | 5 (2.3%) |
Occasional user | 27 (12.4%) | |
Stopped | 66 (30.3%) | |
Non-user | 120 (55.0%) | |
Body mass index (BMI) | Mean ± SD | 22.67 ± 2.95 |
BMI category (kg/m2) | < 18.5 | 9 (4.1%) |
18.5–24.9 | 105 (48.2%) | |
25–29.9 | 71 (32.6%) | |
≥ 30 | 33 (15.1%) | |
Comorbidity | Yes | 158 (72.5%) |
No | 60 (27.5%) | |
Type of comorbidity | Diabetes mellitus (DM) | 8 (5.1%) |
Hypertension (HTN) | 61 (38.6%) | |
Stroke | 4 (2.5%) | |
Heart failure | 1 (0.6%) | |
Two or more | 77 (48.7%) | |
Others* | 7 (4.4%) | |
Cause of CKD | DM | 51 (23.4%) |
HTN | 99 (45.4%) | |
Chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN) | 40 (18.3%) | |
ADPKD | 11 (5.0%) | |
Obstructive causes | 2 (0.9%) | |
Others** | 15 (6.9%) | |
Dialysis started | Yes | 29 (13.3%) |
No | 189 (86.7%) |
