OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of gout and to examine its risk factors among Taiwan's Aborigines compared with non-Aborigines. METHODS: Data were collected from persons older than 40 years living in 3 aboriginal and 2 non-aboriginal districts in Taiwan by a community survey. Cases of gout were identified from self-reporting of a doctor's diagnosis based on clinical criteria. Baseline variables and biochemical data were examined as risk factors for the development of gout. RESULTS: The prevalence of gout history was found to be 15.2% (25/165) and 4.8% (11/231) among aboriginal men and women, respectively, compared with a prevalence rate of 0.3% among non-Aborigines. A logistic regression model showed that aboriginal men older than 60 years with hyperuricemia were more severely affected by gout than any other group (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: A high prevalence of gout among Taiwanese Aborigines was observed in this study and race was the most significant risk factor associated with the disease.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of gout and to examine its risk factors among Taiwan's Aborigines compared with non-Aborigines. METHODS: Data were collected from persons older than 40 years living in 3 aboriginal and 2 non-aboriginal districts in Taiwan by a community survey. Cases of gout were identified from self-reporting of a doctor's diagnosis based on clinical criteria. Baseline variables and biochemical data were examined as risk factors for the development of gout. RESULTS: The prevalence of gout history was found to be 15.2% (25/165) and 4.8% (11/231) among aboriginal men and women, respectively, compared with a prevalence rate of 0.3% among non-Aborigines. A logistic regression model showed that aboriginal men older than 60 years with hyperuricemia were more severely affected by gout than any other group (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: A high prevalence of gout among Taiwanese Aborigines was observed in this study and race was the most significant risk factor associated with the disease.
Authors: José M A Wijnands; Wolfgang Viechtbauer; Kristof Thevissen; Ilja C W Arts; Pieter C Dagnelie; Coen D A Stehouwer; Sjef van der Linden; Annelies Boonen Journal: Eur J Epidemiol Date: 2014-07-27 Impact factor: 8.082
Authors: W Zhang; M Doherty; E Pascual; T Bardin; V Barskova; P Conaghan; J Gerster; J Jacobs; B Leeb; F Lioté; G McCarthy; P Netter; G Nuki; F Perez-Ruiz; A Pignone; J Pimentão; L Punzi; E Roddy; T Uhlig; I Zimmermann-Gòrska Journal: Ann Rheum Dis Date: 2006-05-17 Impact factor: 19.103