Serum Uric Acid Concentration Among Business Executives

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Abstract
One hundred and sixty-seven healthy business executives between 30 and 59 yr. of age were compared with an aged-matched general population in serum uric acid, serum total cholesterol, weight, height, body fatness, blood pressure, physical activity, and smoking and drinking habits. The managerial workers clearly had higher concentrations of serum uric acid. They also tended to be fatter, lead more sedentary lives, had higher blood pressure and higher mean serum cholesterol. The higher serum uric acid confirms previous observations in business executives. Correlation of serum uric acid with the other measurements was not sufficiently strong to explain the high serum uric acid. It is not clear whether men with high serum uric acid levels are those who tend naturally to be in executive positions or whether the executive''s way of life results in an increase in serum uric acid. It is clear, however, that there is a greater prevalence of characteristic associated with coronarv heart disease among these executives than among members of a total community.