Educational inequalities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality among people with gout: a register-based matched cohort study in southern Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis with a rising prevalence around the globe. While educational inequalities in incidence and prevalence of gout have been reported, no previous study investigated educational inequality in mortality among people with gout. The aim of this study was to assess absolute and relative educational inequalities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality among people with gout in comparison with an age- and sex-matched cohort free of gout in southern Sweden.

Methods

We identified all residents aged ≥30 years of Skåne region with doctor-diagnosed gout (ICD-10 code M10, n = 24,877) during 1998-2013 and up to 4 randomly selected age- and sex-matched comparators free of gout (reference cohort, n = 99,504). These were followed until

SUBMITTER: Kiadaliri A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6819587 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature