Racial and Sex Disparities in Gout Prevalence Among US Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Emerging data suggest gout and hyperuricemia may now be more frequent among Black adults in the US than White adults, especially Black women. However, national-level, sex-specific general population data on racial differences in gout prevalence and potential socioclinical risk factors are lacking.

Objective

To identify sex-specific factors driving disparities between Black and White adults in contemporary gout prevalence in the US general population.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional analysis used nationally representative, decadal survey data from successive cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2007 to 2016. Data were analyzed from November 1, 2019, through May 31, 2021. Participants included US adults se

SUBMITTER: McCormick N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9379746 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature