Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event Following Incident Hospitalization for Acute Gout: A Western Australian Population-Level Linked Data Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in people with gout. Acute inflammation, which is a characteristic of gout, may have a mechanistic role in major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs). We aimed to examine the relationship between admissions to a hospital with acute gout and MACEs in a large population-based data set.

Methods

We extracted data from the Hospital Morbidity Data Collection and Death Registrations of the Western Australian Rheumatic Disease Epidemiology Registry. We identified patients admitted to hospital with incident acute gout and who had admissions or a death record because of MACEs. We compared the risk of MACEs during the postdischarge period (1-30 days after acute gout admission) and control period (365 days prior to adm

SUBMITTER: Lopez D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10267806 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature