Comorbidity Burden in Trial-Aligned Patients with Established Gout in Germany, UK, US, and France: a Retrospective Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients with gout have numerous comorbidities. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and incidence rates of renal and cardiovascular morbidities in trial-aligned patients with established gout in Germany (DE), the United Kingdom (UK), the United States (US), and France (FR).

Methods

This longitudinal cohort study used retrospective data from IMS Disease Analyzer™ (DE, FR), Clinical Practice Research Datalink-Hospital Episode Statistics (UK), and IMS' PharMetrics Plus database linked with outpatient laboratory results (US). Included patients were ≥18 years at index date (January 1, 2010; all dates +1 year for FR), with continuous enrollment during the pre-index year, had "prevalent established gout" determined by data in the pre-index year, and ≥1 documented visit

SUBMITTER: Nyberg F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4939171 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature