From: Health care utilization in patients with gout: a prospective multicenter cohort study
Incidence rate ratio (95% CI) | P-value | |
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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 |