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Table 2 Gout characteristics

From: Illness perceptions of gout patients and the use of allopurinol in primary care: baseline findings from a prospective cohort study

  

Using allopurinol

Characteristics

Frequency (%)

No (%)

Yes (%)

Age at Gout Diagnosis (Mean, SD)

53.4 (15.9)

57.3 (15.5)

50.6 (15.5)

Number of attacks in previous 12 months

 0

398 (35.4)

96 (19.8)

298 (48.2)

 1–3

521 (46.4)

253 (52.2)

163 (26.4)

 ≥4

204 (18.2)

136 (28.0)

157 (25.4)

Gout Attack at Present

132 (11.1)

54 (11.1)

69 (11.0)

History of oligo/Polyarticular gout

436 (36.8)

141 (29.0)

283 (45.3)

Currently Taking Allopurinol

 Yes

630 (56.3)

-

-

 No

490 (43.7)

-

-