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Table 1 Food grouping

From: Association of dietary patterns with blood uric acid concentration and hyperuricemia in northern Chinese adults

Food groups

Food items

Cereals and potatoes

Rice and rice products, flour and flour products, whole grain cereals, coarse cereals, sweet potato, taro

Legumes and their products

Dry soybean, soybean milk, tofu, bean curd skin, green bean, red bean

Fresh vegetables

Leguminous vegetable, stem, leafy and flowering vegetables, cucurbitaceous vegetable, solanaceous vegetables

Fungi and algae

Various mushrooms (fresh), seaweed

Preserved vegetables

Dried vegetables, pickled vegetables, salted vegetables

Fruits

Orange, mandarin, apple, banana, peach, pear, grape, kiwi, watermelon, melon

Poultry

Chicken, duck, goose

Meat

Pork, beef, lamb

Animal organs

Chicken liver, goose liver, duck blood, pig liver

Processed meat

Sausage, pork luncheon meat

Fish and other seafood

Freshwater fish, sea fish, shrimp, crab

Eggs

Chicken egg, duck egg, quail egg

Dairy products

Liquid milk, yogurt, cheese, milk powder

Snacks and dessert

Soda biscuit, cookie, cake, crisps, chocolate

Nuts

Peanut, melon seeds, other nuts

Sugary beverages

Carbonated beverages, juice, sports drinks

Tea and coffee

Green tea, black tea, coffee