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Table 5 The five most commonly reported symptoms of gout in the medical records

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

Symptom

Total (n = 394)

Primary care group, n = 262 (%)

Rheumatology group, n = 132 (%)

Men n = 198

Women n = 64

Men n = 106

Women n = 26

Monoarthritis

238 (60)

130 (66)

36 (56)

59 (56)

13 (50)

First MTP arthritis

220 (56)

115 (58)

29 (45)

64 (60)

12 (46)

Redness over joints

193 (49)

98 (50)

31 (48)

52 (51)

12 (46)

≥2 or more attacks of arthritis

185 (47)

62 (31)

15 (23)

91 (86)

17 (65)

Unilateral first MTP arthritis

178 (45)

98 (50)

24 (38)

46 (43)

10 (39)