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Table 2 Longitudinal Multivariable-adjusted predictors of gout-related outpatient and Urgent/emergent/overnight visitsa in the 3 months prior to baseline

From: Health care utilization in patients with gout: a prospective multicenter cohort study

 

Incidence rate ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Gout-related Outpatient visits

Age (for every 1 year increase in age)

1.00 (0.99, 1.01)

0.49

African American (ref, Caucasian)

1.80 (1.30, 2.50)

<0.01

College Education (ref, no college education)

0.97 (0.81, 1.17)

0.77

Baseline sUA (for every 1 mg/dl increase)

0.98 (0.94, 1.02)

0.30

Charlson Index (for every unit increase)

0.95 (0.90, 1.01)

0.10

Gout attack in Past 3 months (ref, no Attack)

1.28 (1.11, 1.49)

<0.01

Gout-related Urgent/emergent/overnight visitsa

Age (for every 1 year increase)

1.01 (0.99, 1.02)

0.53

African American (ref, Caucasian)

2.68 (1.48, 4.86)

<0.01

College Education (ref, no college education)

0.67 (0.48, 0.92)

0.01

Baseline sUA (for every 1 mg/dl increase)

1.03 (0.96, 1.12)

0.41

Charlson Index (for every unit increase)

0.96 (0.87, 1.07)

0.48

Gout attack in past 3-months (ref, no Attack)

1.19 (0.84, 1.69)

0.33

  1. aincludes walk-in-urgent-care-visits, emergency-room-visits, hospital-over-night-visits; Bold represents statistically significant p-values <0.05