Triggers of acute attacks of gout, does age of gout onset matter? A primary care based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the proportion of people with gout who self-report triggers of acute attacks; identify the commonly reported triggers, and examine the disease and demographic features associated with self-reporting any trigger(s) of acute attacks of gout.

Methods

Individuals with gout were asked to fill a questionnaire enquiring about triggers that precipitated their acute gout attacks. Binary logistic regression was used to compute odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) to examine the association between having ≥1 self-reported trigger of acute gout and disease and demographic risk factors and to adjust for covariates. All statistical analyses were performed using STATA.

Results

550 participants returned completed questionnaires. 206 (37.5%) report

SUBMITTER: Abhishek A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5638318 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature