Abstracts tagged "gout and risk"

Abstract Number: 1127 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Risk of Stroke Among Patients with Gout in Taiwan: A Nationwide Population Study
Ping-Han Tsai and Chang-Fu Kuo, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: To determine whether the Taiwanese patients with gout have a higher risk of stroke.Methods: Using the National Health Insurance database, we identified a cohort…
Abstract Number: 2176 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
The Association of Gout with Incident Giant Cell Arteritis in Older Adults
Jasvinder A. Singh and John Cleveland, Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a vasculitis that affects large and medium sized arteries in people 50 years or older. Gout, the most common…
Abstract Number: 45 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Body Mass Index Across the Lifespan and Lifetime Incidence of Gout in Men
Allan C. Gelber¹, Lucy Meoni², Michael Klag² and Joseph Gallo², ¹Medicine/ Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Gout is the leading cause of inflammatory arthritis in men and is linked to higher levels of body weight and obesity in mid-adult life.…