What is it about?
This is a study done using large database to answer a question "does stopping smoking increase the risk of acute gout flare" because smoking has been shown to be associated with less incidence of gout overall.
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Why is it important?
This is important because it answers a very confusing relationship of smoking and having gout which has been shown to be negatively associated leading to an assumption that "if you smoke, you get less gout" giving the reverse concept of increasing gout flare if you stop smoking. In this study we have shown that stopping smoking does not increase, instead decreases the incidence of gout proving that we should not discourage from stopping smoking among gout patients if they ask this question.
Perspectives
As a primary practitioner in a clinic, I have come across patients with gout who have looked up online about studies showing association of reduced gout attack if you smoke and I had one less reason from persuading them to quit smoking. Results from this study is going to help me counsel them in future.
Dr DILLI R POUDEL
Reading Health System
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This page is a summary of: Risk of acute gout among active smokers: data from nationwide inpatient sample, Clinical Rheumatology, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-016-3415-6.
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