People with asymptomatic hyperuricemia who engaged in moderate exercise experienced a 4- to 6-year increase in life expectancy and elimination of the mortality risks of high uric acid compared with inactive individuals with normal uric acid levels, found an observational study of 467鈥�976 Taiwanese adults (Chen J-H et al. Ann Rheum Dis. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205312 [published online July 22, 2014]).
Affecting nearly 25% of the US population, high serum uric acid (sUA), defined as 7.0 mg/dL or higher, is associated with increased mortality risk, but treatment with medication can pose significant adverse effects.