[The age-related aspects of gouty nephropathy]

The incidence of podagric nephropathy in different age groups was studied on a large populational material (41,452 persons over 30 years). The number of patients suffering from podagra was shown to increase with each decade of life. In 122 patients with podagric nephropathy, deviations in urinalyses were recorded in 80 cases (65.5%). Of these, 53 patients (72.6%) were ot 60 years of age and older. In patients over 60, derangement of nitrogen-excretory renal function was seen more frequently (in 64.4%) than in other age groups. The greater incidence of podagra and podagric nephropathy over the recent decade may be related not to the changes in the nutrition pattern and hypodynamia but also, and possibly to a larger measure, with deterioration of the environmental conditions and alterations in radiation background.