Early start of urate-lowering therapy improves serum urate control: results from a large national primary care cohort - PubMed
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- #Gout Management
- #Urate Control
- #Primary Care
- The study used a large national primary care database to analyze gout patients.
- Only 12.4% of patients achieved good serum urate control, with no improvement over time.
- Good control was linked to early ULT start, longer treatment, higher allopurinol doses, febuxostat use, and better adherence.
- Poor control was associated with delayed ULT initiation, male sex, obesity, and comorbidities like CKD, dyslipidemia, and hypertension.
- Long-term serum urate control in primary care remains inadequate, highlighting targets for better management.