Overproduction of uric acid in the body can be an indication of cell breakdown. This may be an advance indication of illness such as gout, leukemia, or lymphoma.† Over a period of months, an adult male patient has taken nine blood tests for uric acid. The mean concentration was x = 5.27 mg/dl. The distribution of uric acid in healthy adult males can be assumed to be normal, with = 1.83 mg/dl.