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Obesity, hypertension and diuretic use as risk factors for incident gout: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

Overview of attention for article published in Arthritis Research & Therapy, July 2018
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Title
Obesity, hypertension and diuretic use as risk factors for incident gout: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies
Published in
Arthritis Research & Therapy, July 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13075-018-1612-1
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Authors

Peter L. Evans, James A. Prior, John Belcher, Christian D. Mallen, Charles A. Hay, Edward Roddy

Abstract

Gout treatment remains suboptimal. Identifying populations at risk of developing gout may provide opportunities for prevention. Our aim was to assess the risk of incident gout associated with obesity, hypertension and diuretic use. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective and retrospective cohort studies in adults (age ≥ 18 years) from primary care or the general population, exposed to obesity, hypertension or diuretic use and with incident gout as their outcome. A total of 9923 articles were identified: 14 met the inclusion criteria, 11 of which contained data suitable for pooling in the meta-analysis. Four articles were identified for obesity, 10 for hypertension and six for diuretic use, with four, nine and three articles included respectively for each meta-analysis. Gout was 2.24 times more likely to occur in individuals with body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m2 (adjusted relative risk 2.24 (95% confidence interval) 1.76-2.86). Hypertensive individuals were 1.64 (1.34-2.01) and 2.11 (1.64-2.72) times more likely to develop gout as normotensive individuals (adjusted hazard ratio and relative risk respectively). Diuretic use was associated with almost 2.5 times the risk of developing gout compared to no diuretic use (adjusted relative risk 2.39 (1.57-3.65)). Obesity, hypertension and diuretic use are risk factors for incident gout, each more than doubling the risk compared to those without these risk factors. Patients with these risk factors should be recognised by clinicians as being at greater risk of developing gout and provided with appropriate management and treatment options.

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Unknown 122 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 19 16%
Student > Master 16 13%
Researcher 10 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 6%
Other 11 9%
Unknown 50 41%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 42 34%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 3%
Social Sciences 3 2%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 2%
Other 12 10%
Unknown 52 43%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 38. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 February 2024.
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#1,064,810
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#89
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#6
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