Global epidemiology of gout: Prevalence, incidence and risk factors

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 649-662

  Kuo, Chang Fu ^a   Grainge, Matthew J ^b   Zhang, Weiya ^b   Doherty, Michael ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LEAD; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; LOSARTAN; NICOTINIC ACID; PYRAZINAMIDE; TACROLIMUS; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIET; GENETIC RISK; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; LEAD POISONING; MECHANICS; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PH; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOUT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84946478290     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2015.91     Document Type: Review

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