Untangling the complex relationships between incident gout risk, serum urate, and its comorbidities

Untangling the complex relationships between incident gout risk, serum urate, and its comorbidities

Abstract Background Many gout comorbidities (e.g., hypertension) are correlated with serum urate. In this investigation, we identified risk factors (e.g., systolic blood pressure [SBP]), that (1) are associated with incident gout, (2) have effects on gout risk that cannot be fully explained by corre...

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Main Authors: Mengying Sun, Ana I. Vazquez, Richard J. Reynolds, Jasvinder A. Singh, Mathew Reeves, Tony R. Merriman, Angelo L. Gaffo, Gustavo de los Campos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
Subjects:
Gout
Serum urate
Comorbidities
ARIC
Ethnic differences
Obesity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-018-1558-3

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