Filling gaps in female gout: a cross-sectional study of comorbidities in 192 037 hospitalised patients
Authors' conclusion
A nationwide analysis of inpatients with gout in 2005-2015 confirms a different comorbidity profile between men and women.
Study context
- Population
- Hospitalisations in people with gout (ICD-9 coding), public and private Spanish hospitals, 2005 to 2015
- Participants
- 192,037 hospitalisations
- Exposure
- Women vs men hospitalised with gout
- Outcome
- Prevalence of comorbidities in women vs men hospitalised with gout
Methodological detailsobservational, multicentre, multivariable logistic regression, decision tree algorithm
- Observational
- Multicentre
- Multivariable logistic regression
- Decision tree algorithm
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Comorbidities by sex
- Obesity, dyslipidaemia, CKD, diabetes mellitus, HF, dementia, urinary tract infection and concurrent rheumatic disease more common in women
- Female sex strongly associated with increasing age, HF, obesity, urinary tract infection and diabetes mellitus
- Male sex associated with obstructive respiratory diseases, coronary disease and peripheral vascular disease
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Age · women significantly older
P < 0.001
Decision tree algorithm predicting sex from age and comorbidities
- Accuracy
- 74.4%
Original publication
Filling gaps in female gout: a cross-sectional study of comorbidities in 192 037 hospitalised patients. RMD Open. Published 9 June 2023. doi:10.
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