Nutritional assessment of adult patients suffering from gout visiting tertiary care hospitals, Lahore

Abstract

The research was aimed to determine the nutritional status and dietary behavior practice among adults suffering from gout. Gout is an arthritic disease which arises when increase amount of uric acid (a normal waste product) deposits in the body, and monosodium urate crystals accumulate in the joints. A cross-sectional study was carried out at the medical and surgical department of Sir