Table 2.

Mean number of vascular events and mean number of deaths from vascular event for men and women by serum urate concentration and age. Results based on 20-year followup.

	Age/Serum Urate Group		Mean Event (SD)	Mean Death (SD)	RR Event	RR Death

Men	50 years, Moderate^{^a}	Treat Symp	0.11034 (0.00082)	0.00016(0.0000396)	Ref	Ref
	50 years, Moderate^{^a}	Treat All	0.07769 (0.00083)	0.00010 (0.0000300)	0.70	0.61
	50 years, High^{^b}	Treat Symp	0.13049 (0.00115)	0.00025 (0.0000565)	Ref	Ref
	50 years, High^{^b}	Treat All	0.08131 (0.00101)	0.00012 (0.0000408)	0.62	0.46
	60 years, Moderate^{^a}	Treat Symp	0.1409 (0.00097)	0.00028 (0.00005)	Ref	Ref
	60 years, Moderate^{^a}	Treat All	0.1126 (0.00103)	0.00022 (0.00004)	0.76	0.79
	70 years, Moderate^{^a}	Treat Symp	0.1472 (0.00079)	0.00039 (0.00005)	Ref	Ref
	70 years, Moderate^{^a}	Treat All	0.1254 (0.00118)	0.00031 (0.00005)	0.85	0.79

Women	50 years, Moderate^{^c}	Treat Symp	0.03736 (0.0006)	0.000025 (0.0000138)	Ref	Ref
	50 years, Moderate^{^c}	Treat All	0.03336 (0.00057)	0.000022 (0.0000114)	0.89	0.88
	50 years, High ^{^d}	Treat Symp	0.04967 (0.00076)	0.000062 (0.0000217)	Ref	Ref
	50 years, High ^{^d}	Treat All	0.03473 (0.00048)	0.000025 (0.0000165)	0.70	0.41
	60 years, Moderate^{^b}	Treat Symp	0.0714(0.00103)	0.00009 (0.00002)	Ref	Ref
	60 years, Moderate^{^b}	Treat All	0.0673 (0.00085)	0.00008 (0.00002)	0.94	0.89
	70 years, Moderate^{^b}	Treat Symp	0.1008 (0.00077)	0.00016(0.00004)	Ref	Ref
	70 years, Moderate^{^b}	Treat All	0.0980 (0.00080)	0.00013 (0.00004)	0.97	0.81

SD: standard deviation, RR: relative risk, Ref: Referent group, Symp: Symptomatic, Event: vascular event, Death: death from vascular event
↵a 6.0–6.9 mg/dl
↵b 7.0–7.9 mg/dl
↵c 4.0–4.9 mg/dl
↵d 5.0–5.9 mg/dl