All Outputs (9)

Impact of gout on the risk of atrial fibrillation (2015)
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OBJECTIVES: To examine the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) at the time of first diagnosis of gout compared with matched controls and to follow incident gout patients and their matched controls after diagnosis to compare their subsequent risk of AF.... Read More about Impact of gout on the risk of atrial fibrillation.

Comorbidities in patients with gout prior to and following diagnosis: case-control study (2015)
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OBJECTIVES: To determine the burden of comorbidities in patients with gout at diagnosis and the risk of developing new comorbidities post diagnosis. METHODS: There were 39 111 patients with incident gout and 39 111 matched controls identified fro... Read More about Comorbidities in patients with gout prior to and following diagnosis: case-control study.

Validity of the disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand patient-reported outcome measure (DASH) and the Quickdash when used in Dupuytren’s disease (2015)
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This study investigated aspects of the validity and reliability of the 30-item Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand patient-reported outcome measure (DASH) and its relationship with the shorter 11-item QuickDASH in patients with Dupuytren’s dis... Read More about Validity of the disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand patient-reported outcome measure (DASH) and the Quickdash when used in Dupuytren’s disease.

Familial Aggregation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Coaggregation of Autoimmune Diseases in Affected Families (2015)
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IMPORTANCE: Relatives of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) appear to be at higher risk of SLE and other autoimmune diseases, but estimates of individual familial risks are largely unavailable or unreliable. Furthermore, relative contri... Read More about Familial Aggregation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Coaggregation of Autoimmune Diseases in Affected Families.

Effect of allopurinol on all-cause mortality in adults with incident gout: propensity score–matched landmark analysis (2015)
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Objective: To examine the association between allopurinol use and all-cause mortality for patients with incident gout. Methods: We compared all-cause mortality in incident gout patients who received allopurinol for at least 6 months within the exp... Read More about Effect of allopurinol on all-cause mortality in adults with incident gout: propensity score–matched landmark analysis.

Global epidemiology of gout: prevalence, incidence and risk factors (2015)
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Gout is a crystal-deposition disease that results from chronic elevation of uric acid levels above the saturation point for monosodium urate (MSU) crystal formation. Initial presentation is mainly severely painful episodes of peripheral joint synovit... Read More about Global epidemiology of gout: prevalence, incidence and risk factors.

Familial risk of Sjögren's syndrome and co-aggregation of autoimmune diseases in affected families: a nationwide population study (2015)
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Objective: To investigate familial aggregation of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and the relative risks (RRs) of other autoimmune disease in relatives of patients with SS. Methods: We identified 23,658,577 beneficiaries enrolled in the Taiwan National Hea... Read More about Familial risk of Sjögren's syndrome and co-aggregation of autoimmune diseases in affected families: a nationwide population study.

Epidemiology and management of gout in Taiwan: a nationwide population study (2015)
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INTRODUCTION: Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis worldwide and is the only type of chronic arthritis that potentially can be ‘cured’. However, data on gout incidence, prevalence and management, assessed at multiple time points in the same... Read More about Epidemiology and management of gout in Taiwan: a nationwide population study.

Placebos for knee osteoarthritis: Reaffirmation of "Needle is better than pill" (2015)
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