Gout: An Overlooked Disease in Patients With Diabetes? A Danish Prospective Cohort Study With 2 Years of Follow-Up

Claus Rasmussen; Jesper Walther Larsen; Peter C. W. Holm; Gunnar Lauge Nielsen

doi:10.2337/cd24-0082

Gout: An Overlooked Disease in Patients With Diabetes? A Danish Prospective Cohort Study With 2 Years of Follow-Up

Claus Rasmussen^*
, Jesper Walther Larsen
, Peter C. W. Holm
, Gunnar Lauge Nielsen

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Diabetes affects approximately 6% of the population, with 20% developing foot ulcers. Gout affects about 3% of the population, but <40% receive sufficient urate-lowering therapy to prevent or dissolve urate crystal (tophi) deposition in the feet, which can ulcerate and become infected. Among patients with diabetes, 20% also have gout. This study aimed to assess adherence to recommended gout treatment in patients with diabetes and to compare usual care with initial care provided by a nurse-led gout care program. In patients with diabetes, gout is frequently undertreated, particularly when not initially managed in a nurse-led gout care program.

Original language	English
Article number	cd240082
Journal	Clinical Diabetes
Volume	43
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	282–290
Number of pages	9
ISSN	1945-4953
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2337/cd24-0082
Publication status	Published - Mar 2025

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