Odds of Achieving Target Serum Uric Acid Levels Among Gout Patients: The Role of Rurality in Outcomes and Treatment Adherence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The goal of this paper was to analyze patient outcomes related to gout treatment including, serum uric acid (sUA) measures and treatment adherence across patients in metropolitan, micropolitan or rural counties.

Methods

We conducted a drug-disease cohort study among patients with gout initiating urate lowering therapy. The proportion of patients with sUA < 6 mg/dL at 1 year of follow-up is compared over the cohort groups using a chi-square test and adjusted logistic regression. Adherence to urate lowering therapy was calculated using the proportion of days covered (PDC). A T-test was used to compare the average PDC and an adjusted logistic regression model was used to estimate the odds of a PDC greater than 80%.

Results

A total of 9922 patients were i

SUBMITTER: Sutton SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10126646 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature