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Review
. 2016 Jul;18(7):46.
doi: 10.1007/s11926-016-0594-8.

Gout Classification Criteria: Update and Implications

Ana Beatriz Vargas-Santos  1 , William J Taylor  2 , Tuhina Neogi  3
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Review

Gout Classification Criteria: Update and Implications

Ana Beatriz Vargas-Santos et al. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2016 Jul.

Abstract

Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis, with a rising prevalence and incidence worldwide. There has been a resurgence in gout research, fueled, in part, by a number of advances in pharmacologic therapy for gout. The conduct of clinical trials and other observational research in gout requires a standardized and validated means of assembling well-defined groups of patients with gout for such research purposes. Recently, an international collaborative effort that involved a data-driven process with state-of-the art methodology supported by the American College of Rheumatology and the European League Against Rheumatism led to publication of new gout classification criteria.

Keywords: Classification criteria; Conjoint analysis; Gout.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest ABVS and WJT declare that they have no conflicts of interest. TN reports that she was the ACR-PI of the 2015 ACR-EULAR Gout Classification Criteria report.

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A hypothetical example of a forced-choice experiment used to inform the weights of each category within the domains
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