Accelerometer-derived physical activity patterns and risk of incident gout: a prospective cohort study of 97,387 UK Biobank participants
Qiang Wang, Yueming Liu, Bin Zhu · 2025
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Wang, Liu and Zhu used in 2025 wrist accelerometer data from a large UK Biobank group to ask how activity patterns affect gout risk. They sorted people into inactive, weekend warrior, and regularly active groups. Both active patterns showed lower gout risk than inactivity in basic models. After adjusting for blood uric acid, only regular activity kept a clear protective link.
The weekend warrior pattern lost its benefit in people with hypertension or chronic kidney disease, while regular activity still helped. The authors conclude that how activity is spread through the week matters. Steady, regular movement seems to guard against gout better than cramming it into one or two days.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Qiang Wang, Yueming Liu, Bin Zhu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 52 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |