From: Gout and comorbidity: a nominal group study of people with gout
Number (percentage)a | |
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Age in years, mean (SD) | 60.9 (10.7) |
Sex, male (%) | 28 (62%) |
Disease duration in years, mean (SD) | 14.9 (12) |
Race/ethnicity | |
White | 22 (49%) |
African-American | 20 (45%) |
Hispanic | 1 (2%) |
Asian | 2 (4%) |
Education level | |
Less than high school | 1 (2%) |
High school graduate | 7 (15%) |
Some college or technical/vocational training | 16 (35%) |
College Bachelor degree and beyond | 21 (46%) |
Marital status | |
Divorced | 7 (15%) |
Domestic partnership | 1 (2%) |
Married | 23 (51%) |
Separated | 4 (9%) |
Single | 7 (15%) |
Widowed | 3 (7%) |
Employment statusb | |
Employed | 5 (11%) |
Homemaker | 1 (2%) |
Retired | 21 (46%) |
Self-employed | 5 (11%) |
Unable to work | 12 (26%) |
Current medications to treat goutc | |
Allopurinol | 8 (17%) |
Allopurinol, pain medication (NSAID or analgesic or narcotic) | 3 (7%) |
Allopurinol, colchicine (with/without pain medication) | 13 (28%) |
Allopurinol, colchicine, prednisone (with/without pain medication) | 5 (11%) |
Colchicine alone | 4 (9%) |
Allopurinol, febuxostat, colchicine, prednisone, pain medication | 2 (4%) |
Febuxostat (with/without colchicine and/or prednisone) | 7 (15%) |
None | 1 (2%) |
Current use of natural supplementsd | |
None | 15 (33%) |
Cherries | 1 (2%) |
Cherry extract or concentrate | 5 (11%) |
Cherry juice | 6 (13%) |
Multivitamin | 8 (17%) |
Vitamin C | 3 (7%) |
Others | 2 (4%) |
Number of gout flares in the last 6 monthse | |
0 | 12 (36%) |
1 | 7 (21%) |
2 | 1 (3%) |
3–5 | 5 (15%) |
≥ 6 | 7 (21%) |