Reliability and sensitivity of the self-report of physician-diagnosed gout in the Campaign Against Cancer and Heart Disease and the Atherosclerosis Risk in the Community cohorts

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 135-141

  McAdams, Mara A ^a   Maynard, Janet W ^a   Baer, Alan N ^b   Anna, Köttgen ^a   Clipp, Sandra ^a   Coresh, Josef ^a   Gelber, Allan C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gout; Reliability; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; COLCHICINE; PROBENECID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOUT; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GOUT; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650893492     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100418     Document Type: Article

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