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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients in the primary care and rheumatology groups

From: Validity of gout diagnosis in Swedish primary and secondary care - a validation study

Patient characteristics

Primary care group

Rheumatology group

n = 262

n = 132

Men

Women

Men

Women

n = 198

n = 64

n = 106

n = 26

Age, years median (range)

63.5 (31–97)

66.5 (43–98)

66.5 (26–91)

71 (34–94)

No. with hypertension (%)

110 (56)

45 (70)

68 (64)

18 (69)

No. with cardiovascular disease (%)a

61 (31)

27 (42)

44 (42)

10 (39)

No. with diabetes (%)a

41 (21)

20 (31)

21 (20)

4 (15)

No. with allopurinol treatment ever (%)a

119 (60)

41 (64)

81 (77)

15 (58)

  1. aComorbidity was considered to be present if it was mentioned in the clinical record or medication for the comorbidity was prescribed