Survey Definitions of Gout for Epidemiologic Studies: Comparison With Crystal Identification as the Gold Standard

• Main Authors: Dalbeth N., Schumacher H., Fransen J., Neogi T., Jansen T., Brown M., Louthrenoo W., Vazquez-Mellado J., Eliseev M., McCarthy G., Stamp L., Perez-Ruiz F., Sivera F., Ea H., Gerritsen M., Scire C., Cavagna L., Lin C., Chou Y., Tausche A., da Rocha Castelar-Pinheiro G., Janssen M., Chen J., Cimmino M., Uhlig T., Taylor W.
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84997078109&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/41284
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2016, American College of Rheumatology Objective: To identify the best-performing survey definition of gout from items commonly available in epidemiologic studies. Methods: Survey definitions of gout were identified from 34 epidemiologic studies contributing to the Global Urate Genetics Consortium...