Association between Gout and Dyslipidemia: A Nested Case-Control Study Using a National Health Screening Cohort.

ABSTRACT: The association between lipid levels and uric acid disorders remains controversial. We evaluated the association between dyslipidemia and gout in a large cohort from the Korean National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening Cohort. Among the 514,866 participants aged ≥40 years, 16,679 gout participants were selected and matched with 66,716 control participants for income, region of residence, sex, and age. We used the ICD-10 codes to define dyslipidemia (E78) and gout (M10) and diagnosis was confirmed when each was reported ≥2 times. The odds ratios (ORs) of dyslipidemia history were calculated using conditional logistic regression in crude, partial, and fully adjusted models. The days of statin use, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, fasting glucose level, total cholesterol, obesi

SUBMITTER: Choi HG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9032264 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature