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Review
. 2013 Feb;15(2):307.
doi: 10.1007/s11926-012-0307-x.

Racial and gender disparities among patients with gout

Jasvinder A Singh  1
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Review

Racial and gender disparities among patients with gout

Jasvinder A Singh. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2013 Feb.

Abstract

Gout affects 8.3 million Americans according to NHANES 2007-2008, approximately 3.9 % of the US population. Gout has substantial effect on physical function, productivity, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and health care costs. Uncontrolled gout is also associated with significant use of emergency care services. Women are less likely to have gout than men, but in the postmenopausal years the gender difference in disease incidence decreases. Compared with whites, racial and/or ethnic minorities, especially blacks, have higher prevalence of gout. Blacks are also less likely to receive quality gout care, leading to disproportionate morbidity. Women are less likely than men to receive allopurinol, and less likely to undergo joint aspirations for crystal analysis to establish diagnosis, but those on urate-lowering therapy are as likely as, or more likely than, men to undergo serum urate check within six months of initiation. Although a few studies provide the knowledge related to gender and race and/or ethnicity disparities for gout, several knowledge gaps exist in gout epidemiology and outcomes differences by gender and race and/or ethnicity. These should be investigated in future studies.

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Figure 1. Epidemiology of gout by gender
A. Prevalence of gout in Great Britain, 1971–75 by gender per 1,000 persons. (Data from Currie [65].) B. Prevalence of gout in England by gender in 1991 per 1,000 persons. (Data from Harris et al. [66].) C. Incidence of gout in Europe in hypertensives and controls by gender in a cohort study during a 12-year follow-up. (Data from Grodzicki et al. [67].)
Figure 1
Figure 1. Epidemiology of gout by gender
A. Prevalence of gout in Great Britain, 1971–75 by gender per 1,000 persons. (Data from Currie [65].) B. Prevalence of gout in England by gender in 1991 per 1,000 persons. (Data from Harris et al. [66].) C. Incidence of gout in Europe in hypertensives and controls by gender in a cohort study during a 12-year follow-up. (Data from Grodzicki et al. [67].)
Figure 1
Figure 1. Epidemiology of gout by gender
A. Prevalence of gout in Great Britain, 1971–75 by gender per 1,000 persons. (Data from Currie [65].) B. Prevalence of gout in England by gender in 1991 per 1,000 persons. (Data from Harris et al. [66].) C. Incidence of gout in Europe in hypertensives and controls by gender in a cohort study during a 12-year follow-up. (Data from Grodzicki et al. [67].)
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