Abstracts tagged "neurology and population studies"

Abstract Number: 827 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Gout and the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Na Lu¹, Yuqing Zhang¹, Alberto Ascherio², Miguel Hernan², Tuhina Neogi¹, Maureen Dubreuil^3,4 and Hyon K. Choi⁵, ¹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Boston VA HealthCare System, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: While gout is associated with cardiovascular (CV)-metabolic comorbidities and their sequelae, uric acid's anti-oxidant effects may have neuroprotective benefits. Several studies have found an…