KEBIASAAN MAKAN MAKANAN TINGGI PURIN DENGAN KADAR ASAM URAT DI PUSKESMAS

Abstract

Abstract: Unhealthy community eating patterns by consuming high protein foods that contain high purine levels causes the incidence of hyperuricemia to increase. Consuming high purine foods will increase uric acid levels in the blood, which predisposes to gouty arthritis. The aim was to determine the Corelation between high purine food eating habits with uric acid levels in the working area of Remboken Community Health Center. The research design used descriptive analytic with Cross Sectional Study approach. A sample of 51 respondents was obtained using the Total Sampling technique. The results of statistical test studies using the Fisher’s Exact Test at a significance level of 95%, obtained a significant value ρ = 0.034 < α (0,05). Kesimpulan ada hubungan antara kebiasaan makan makanan tinggi purin dengan kadar asam urat.Kata kunci : Purin, Asam Urat, Kebiasaan makan