Trends in the manifestations of gout in Taiwan

Trends in the manifestations of gout in Taiwan

Objective. To elucidate the recent changes in the clinical manifestations, risk factors and disorders associated with gout. Methods. All gouty cases in Ho-Ping Gout Database were divided into two groups according to the date of first visit to our clinic: 1983–1991 (earlier group) and 1992–1999 (late...

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of rheumatology 2003-12, Vol.42 (12), p.1529-1533
Hauptverfasser: Chen, S.-Y., Chen, C.-L., Shen, M.-L., Kamatani, N.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Age of Onset
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects
Alcohol Drinking - trends
Biological and medical sciences
Diabetes mellitus
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Diuretics - administration & dosage
Diuretics - adverse effects
Female
Gout
Gout - epidemiology
Gout - etiology
Gout - pathology
Humans
Hyperlipidaemia
Hyperlipidemias - complications
Hyperlipidemias - epidemiology
Hypertension
Hypertension - complications
Hypertension - epidemiology
Kidney Calculi - complications
Kidney Calculi - epidemiology
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases
Nephropathy
Obesity
Obesity - complications
Obesity - epidemiology
Other metabolic disorders
Purines and pyrimidines (gout, hyperuricemia...)
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
Taiwan - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:Objective. To elucidate the recent changes in the clinical manifestations, risk factors and disorders associated with gout. Methods. All gouty cases in Ho-Ping Gout Database were divided into two groups according to the date of first visit to our clinic: 1983–1991 (earlier group) and 1992–1999 (later group). Study variables were compared between these two groups. Results. In the later group, the age at onset of gout was lower by 2.7 yr (P 
ISSN:1462-0324
1460-2172
1462-0332
1460-2172
DOI:10.1093/rheumatology/keg422