Research ArticleArticle
The Rising Incidence of Gout and the Increasing Burden of Comorbidities: A Population-based Study over 20 Years
Mohanad M. Elfishawi, Nour Zleik, Zoran Kvrgic, Clement J. Michet Jr., Cynthia S. Crowson, Eric L. Matteson and Tim Bongartz
The Journal of Rheumatology December 2017, jrheum.170806; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.170806
Mohanad M. Elfishawi
From Department of Rheumatology, Kasr Alainy Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Queens Hospital Center, New York, New York; Division of Rheumatology, Augusta University, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. This work was made possible using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the US National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number R01AG034676 and Clinical and Translational Science Awards grant number UL1 TR000135 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, a component of the NIH. M.M. Elfishawi, MD, Internal Medicine Resident, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; N. Zleik, MD, Internal Medicine Resident, Division of Rheumatology, Augusta University; Z. Kvrgic, CCRP, Study coordinator, Mayo Clinic; C.J. Michet Jr., MD, Consultant, Mayo Clinic; C.S. Crowson, MS, Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic; E.L. Matteson, MD, MPH, Consultant, Mayo Clinic; T. Bongartz, MD, MS, Vanderbilt University. Address correspondence to Dr. T. Bongartz, Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1313 21st Ave. S., 703 Oxford House, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-4700, USA. E-mail: Tim.Bongartz@Vanderbilt.edu. Or Dr. C. Crowson, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. E-mail: crowson@mayo.edu. Accepted for publication October 18, 2017.
Nour Zleik
From Department of Rheumatology, Kasr Alainy Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Queens Hospital Center, New York, New York; Division of Rheumatology, Augusta University, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. This work was made possible using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the US National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number R01AG034676 and Clinical and Translational Science Awards grant number UL1 TR000135 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, a component of the NIH. M.M. Elfishawi, MD, Internal Medicine Resident, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; N. Zleik, MD, Internal Medicine Resident, Division of Rheumatology, Augusta University; Z. Kvrgic, CCRP, Study coordinator, Mayo Clinic; C.J. Michet Jr., MD, Consultant, Mayo Clinic; C.S. Crowson, MS, Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic; E.L. Matteson, MD, MPH, Consultant, Mayo Clinic; T. Bongartz, MD, MS, Vanderbilt University. Address correspondence to Dr. T. Bongartz, Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1313 21st Ave. S., 703 Oxford House, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-4700, USA. E-mail: Tim.Bongartz@Vanderbilt.edu. Or Dr. C. Crowson, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. E-mail: crowson@mayo.edu. Accepted for publication October 18, 2017.
Zoran Kvrgic
From Department of Rheumatology, Kasr Alainy Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Queens Hospital Center, New York, New York; Division of Rheumatology, Augusta University, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. This work was made possible using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the US National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number R01AG034676 and Clinical and Translational Science Awards grant number UL1 TR000135 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, a component of the NIH. M.M. Elfishawi, MD, Internal Medicine Resident, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; N. Zleik, MD, Internal Medicine Resident, Division of Rheumatology, Augusta University; Z. Kvrgic, CCRP, Study coordinator, Mayo Clinic; C.J. Michet Jr., MD, Consultant, Mayo Clinic; C.S. Crowson, MS, Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic; E.L. Matteson, MD, MPH, Consultant, Mayo Clinic; T. Bongartz, MD, MS, Vanderbilt University. Address correspondence to Dr. T. Bongartz, Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1313 21st Ave. S., 703 Oxford House, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-4700, USA. E-mail: Tim.Bongartz@Vanderbilt.edu. Or Dr. C. Crowson, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. E-mail: crowson@mayo.edu. Accepted for publication October 18, 2017.
Clement J. Michet Jr.
From Department of Rheumatology, Kasr Alainy Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Queens Hospital Center, New York, New York; Division of Rheumatology, Augusta University, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. This work was made possible using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the US National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number R01AG034676 and Clinical and Translational Science Awards grant number UL1 TR000135 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, a component of the NIH. M.M. Elfishawi, MD, Internal Medicine Resident, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; N. Zleik, MD, Internal Medicine Resident, Division of Rheumatology, Augusta University; Z. Kvrgic, CCRP, Study coordinator, Mayo Clinic; C.J. Michet Jr., MD, Consultant, Mayo Clinic; C.S. Crowson, MS, Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic; E.L. Matteson, MD, MPH, Consultant, Mayo Clinic; T. Bongartz, MD, MS, Vanderbilt University. Address correspondence to Dr. T. Bongartz, Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1313 21st Ave. S., 703 Oxford House, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-4700, USA. E-mail: Tim.Bongartz@Vanderbilt.edu. Or Dr. C. Crowson, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. E-mail: crowson@mayo.edu. Accepted for publication October 18, 2017.
Cynthia S. Crowson
From Department of Rheumatology, Kasr Alainy Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Queens Hospital Center, New York, New York; Division of Rheumatology, Augusta University, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. This work was made possible using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the US National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number R01AG034676 and Clinical and Translational Science Awards grant number UL1 TR000135 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, a component of the NIH. M.M. Elfishawi, MD, Internal Medicine Resident, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; N. Zleik, MD, Internal Medicine Resident, Division of Rheumatology, Augusta University; Z. Kvrgic, CCRP, Study coordinator, Mayo Clinic; C.J. Michet Jr., MD, Consultant, Mayo Clinic; C.S. Crowson, MS, Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic; E.L. Matteson, MD, MPH, Consultant, Mayo Clinic; T. Bongartz, MD, MS, Vanderbilt University. Address correspondence to Dr. T. Bongartz, Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1313 21st Ave. S., 703 Oxford House, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-4700, USA. E-mail: Tim.Bongartz@Vanderbilt.edu. Or Dr. C. Crowson, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. E-mail: crowson@mayo.edu. Accepted for publication October 18, 2017.
Eric L. Matteson
From Department of Rheumatology, Kasr Alainy Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Queens Hospital Center, New York, New York; Division of Rheumatology, Augusta University, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. This work was made possible using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the US National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number R01AG034676 and Clinical and Translational Science Awards grant number UL1 TR000135 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, a component of the NIH. M.M. Elfishawi, MD, Internal Medicine Resident, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; N. Zleik, MD, Internal Medicine Resident, Division of Rheumatology, Augusta University; Z. Kvrgic, CCRP, Study coordinator, Mayo Clinic; C.J. Michet Jr., MD, Consultant, Mayo Clinic; C.S. Crowson, MS, Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic; E.L. Matteson, MD, MPH, Consultant, Mayo Clinic; T. Bongartz, MD, MS, Vanderbilt University. Address correspondence to Dr. T. Bongartz, Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1313 21st Ave. S., 703 Oxford House, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-4700, USA. E-mail: Tim.Bongartz@Vanderbilt.edu. Or Dr. C. Crowson, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. E-mail: crowson@mayo.edu. Accepted for publication October 18, 2017.
Tim Bongartz
From Department of Rheumatology, Kasr Alainy Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Queens Hospital Center, New York, New York; Division of Rheumatology, Augusta University, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. This work was made possible using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the US National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number R01AG034676 and Clinical and Translational Science Awards grant number UL1 TR000135 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, a component of the NIH. M.M. Elfishawi, MD, Internal Medicine Resident, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; N. Zleik, MD, Internal Medicine Resident, Division of Rheumatology, Augusta University; Z. Kvrgic, CCRP, Study coordinator, Mayo Clinic; C.J. Michet Jr., MD, Consultant, Mayo Clinic; C.S. Crowson, MS, Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic; E.L. Matteson, MD, MPH, Consultant, Mayo Clinic; T. Bongartz, MD, MS, Vanderbilt University. Address correspondence to Dr. T. Bongartz, Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1313 21st Ave. S., 703 Oxford House, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-4700, USA. E-mail: Tim.Bongartz@Vanderbilt.edu. Or Dr. C. Crowson, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. E-mail: crowson@mayo.edu. Accepted for publication October 18, 2017.
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The Journal of Rheumatology
Vol. 51, Issue 4
1 Apr 2024
The Rising Incidence of Gout and the Increasing Burden of Comorbidities: A Population-based Study over 20 Years
Mohanad M. Elfishawi, Nour Zleik, Zoran Kvrgic, Clement J. Michet, Cynthia S. Crowson, Eric L. Matteson, Tim Bongartz
The Journal of Rheumatology Dec 2017, jrheum.170806; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.170806
The Rising Incidence of Gout and the Increasing Burden of Comorbidities: A Population-based Study over 20 Years
Mohanad M. Elfishawi, Nour Zleik, Zoran Kvrgic, Clement J. Michet, Cynthia S. Crowson, Eric L. Matteson, Tim Bongartz
The Journal of Rheumatology Dec 2017, jrheum.170806; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.170806