The ICD-10 code for gout (M10) was used to identify the cases. The number of cases diagnosed as gout was recorded, and case data were broken down by year and month. We divided the year into four seasons: spring (March, April, and May), summer (June, July, and August), fall (...
Using the Skåne Health Care Register and the Swedish Population Register, we identified all residents aged ≥30 years who had been diagnosed with gout (the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision [ICD-10] code M10) by a physician (within primary or secondary care) between 1...
Methods Among residents of Sk氓ne region in the year 2013 (total population 1.3 million), adult persons (age 18 years +) who between 1998 and 2013 received a diagnosis of gout (International Classification of Disease 10th Edition (ICD-10) code M10) by any physician were identified using the...
Acute gout flare was defined as an ED visit due to gout (ICD-10, M10) with any prescription of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), acetaminophen, steroids, or colchicine. Comorbidities and prescription history were collected. The data of ambient PM10, O3, NO2, CO, and SO2 ...
Gout cases were defined using one ICD-9/10 code (274/M10) from a physician or hospital visit. To ensure incident gout, we required that all cases have 鈮 10 years of prior registration without a gout diagnosis. Gout cases were matched 1:1 with controls on age, sex, and cohort entry ...
Diagnosis of gout was defined when the 10th edition of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) code (M10) was registered for more than two occasions. The index date was the date when the M10 code was first registered. To ensure that only new cases were enrolled, patients diagnosed ...
Participants that were enrolled in the control group did not correspond to the gout group between 2002 and 2015 (n= 494,127). People in the control group were excluded if they had any missing records since 2003 (n= 34) or if they had been assigned the ICD-10 code M10 (gout) once (...
The diagnosis of gout was made between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2020 and was based on the International Classification of Diseases, tenth revision (ICD-10) code M10. xx. Figure 1. Patient selection flow chart. Abbreviations: AF, atrial fibrillation; sUA, serum uric acid; ULT, urate-...
Participants with gout were defined as those who visited a hospital or clinic with a gout diagnosis (ICD-10: M10) ≥2 times. This definition was adopted from an earlier study [3]. 2.4. Definition of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Participants with BPPV were defined as those treated with...
(n= 5281). Control participants were also excluded if they were diagnosed with M10 per the International Classification of Diseases 10 (ICD-10) code once or if they were females (n= 212,229). In both the gout and control groups, participants who had a history of BPH before the index ...