Trends in prevalence of gout among US Asian adults, 2011-2018

C Yokose, N McCormick, N Lu, S Tanikella… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Gout disparities among Black individuals in the US have recently been
explained by socioclinical factors; however, no information is available among Asian …

Lactiplantibacillus plantarum enables blood urate control in mice through degradation of nucleosides in gastrointestinal tract

M Li, X Wu, Z Guo, R Gao, Z Ni, H Cui, M Zong… - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background Lactobacillus species in gut microbiota shows great promise in alleviation of
metabolic diseases. However, little is known about the molecular mechanism of how …

Health disparities in gout

LN Helget, TR Mikuls - Current opinion in rheumatology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Racial/ethnic minorities, Indigenous populations, and females have experienced a
disproportionate rise in the prevalence and incidence of gout in recent years, are more likely …

Gout flare burden, diagnosis, and management: navigating care in older patients with comorbidity

M Kumar, N Manley, TR Mikuls - Drugs & aging, 2021 - Springer
Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, and its incidence is highest in middle-
aged and older patients. Adding to the diagnostic complexity, up to 50% of patients aged> …

Determinants of achieving serum urate goal with treat‐to‐target urate‐lowering therapy in gout

LN Helget, JR O'Dell, JA Newcomb… - Arthritis & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Using trial data comparing treat‐to‐target allopurinol and febuxostat in gout, we
examined participant characteristics associated with serum urate (SU) goal achievement …

Researchers in rheumatology should avoid categorization of continuous predictor variables

Z Salis, B Gallego, A Sainsbury - BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2023 - Springer
Background Rheumatology researchers often categorize continuous predictor variables. We
aimed to show how this practice may alter results from observational studies in …

Nationwide racial/ethnic disparities in US emergency department visits and hospitalizations for gout

C Yokose, N McCormick, N Lu, AD Joshi… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Gout prevalence is reportedly∼ 20% higher in US Black adults than Whites, but
racial differences in emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations for gout are …

Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and gout risk: a sequence symmetry analysis

DT Wood, NV Waterbury, BC Lund - Clinical Rheumatology, 2023 - Springer
Objective To examine the association between sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors
(SGLT2-I) and gout incidence in patients with diabetes is the objective. Method National …

Cause‐Specific Mortality in Patients With Gout in the US Veterans Health Administration: A Matched Cohort Study

LN Helget, BR England, P Roul, H Sayles… - Arthritis care & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To compare all‐cause and cause‐specific mortality risk between patients with gout
and patients without gout in the Veteran's Health Administration (VHA). Methods We …

Comparison of Rates of Lower Extremity Amputation in Patients With and Without Gout in the US Department of Veterans Affairs Health System

TR Mikuls, Q Soto, A Petro, L Helget, P Roul… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cardiometabolic and other risk factors could render patients with gout more
likely to undergo lower extremity amputation (LEA). Objective To examine the rate of and …