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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Quality of gout care in the emergency departments: a multicentre study

Variable

Total N (%) (n = 632)

Definite gouta

N (%)

(n = 266)

Diagnosis by ICD-10

N (%) (n = 366)

P-value*

Male

521 (82.4)

211 (79.3)

310 (84.7)

0.08

Age, years, mean (±SD)

57.29 (±16.90)

58.77 (±17.96)

56.21 (±16.03)

0.060

Temperature ≥ 37.8 °c

89 (14.1)

55 (20.7)

34 (9.3)

< 0.001

Blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmHg

147 (23.3)

55 (20.7)

92 (25.1)

0.308

History of gout

427 (67.6)

174 (65.4)

253 (69.1)

0.325

Shift

   

0.002

 - 08.01 AM - 04.00 PM

265 (41.9)

131 (49.3)

134 (36.6)

 

 - 04.01 PM - 00.00 AM

247 (39.1)

98 (36.8)

149 (40.7)

 

 - 00.01 AM - 08.00 AM

120 (19.0)

37 (13.9)

83 (22.7)

 

Number of joints involved

   

0.153

 - Monoarthritis

476 (75.3)

190 (71.4)

286 (78.1)

 

 - Oligoarthritis

126 (19.9)

61 (23.0)

65 (17.8)

 

 - Polyarthritis

30 (4.8)

15 (5.6)

15 (4.1)

 

Identity of joint(s) involved

    

 - Knees

215 (34.0)

119 (44.7)

96 (26.2)

< 0.001

 - Ankles

294 (46.5)

124 (46.6)

170 (46.5)

0.967

 - The first metatarsophalangeal joint

153 (24.2)

51 (19.2)

102 (27.9)

0.012

  1. *p value was compared between definite gout and diagnosis by ICD-10
  2. aDefinite diagnosis of gout was made if MSU crystals in synovial fluid as identified in the EDs or at least a score of 8 according the ACR/EULAR classification criteria