Abstracts tagged "gout and population studies"

Abstract Number: 2220 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Gout, Flares and Allopurinol Use: A Population Based Study
Charlotte Proudman¹, Susan Lester^2,3, David Gonzalez-Chica⁴, Tiffany Gill³, Nicola Dalbeth⁵ and Catherine Hill^6,7, ¹Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ²Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ³Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ⁴Discipline of General Practice, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ⁵Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences., University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁶The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ⁷Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Background/Purpose: Gout flares may often be self-managed, but there is a paucity of population-based data. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence…
Abstract Number: 211 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
The Epidemiology of Gout: Marked Increase in Incidence and Comorbidities over 20 Years
Mohanad Elfishawi¹, Nour Zleik¹, Zoran Kvrgic¹, Clement J. Michet Jr.², Cynthia S. Crowson³, Eric L. Matteson⁴ and Tim Bongartz¹, ¹Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Several studies have suggested that the prevalence of gout has increased over recent years. The majority of this data has been derived from insurance…
Abstract Number: 212 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Rising Incidence and Prevalence of Gout in the Canadian General Population
Sharan K. Rai¹, J Antonio Avina-Zubieta², Natalie McCormick³, Mary De Vera⁴, Kamran Shojania⁵, Eric C. Sayre⁶ and Hyon K. Choi⁷, ¹Experimental Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Gout is increasingly becoming recognized as the most common form of inflammatory arthritis worldwide; however, no Canadian general population-based data on the disease burden…
Abstract Number: 2000 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Changes In The Prevalence Of Gout In The United States General Population Between 1960 and 2010: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys
Eswar Krishnan and Linjun Chen, Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Despite the widely shared impression that the prevalence of gouty arthritis (gout) has increased over time in the US few population data are available.…