Tristan Pascart, Kaja A Wasik, Cristian Preda, Valérie Chune, Jérémie Torterat, Nicolas Prud'homme, Maryline Nassih, Agathe Martin, Julien Le Masson, Vahinetua Rodière, Sylvain Frogier, Georges Canova, Jean-Paul Pescheux, Charles Shan Sei Fan, Charlotte Jauffret, Patrick Claeys, Sarah LeBaron von Baeyer, Stephane E Castel, Anne-Katrin Emde, Laura Yerges-Armstrong, Keolu Fox, Megan Leask, Jean-Jacques Vitagliano, Sahara Graf, Laurène Norberciak, Jacques Raynal, Nicola Dalbeth, Tony Merriman, Thomas Bardin, Erwan Oehler
BACKGROUND: Gout is the most common cause of inflammatory arthritis worldwide, particularly in Pacific regions. We aimed to establish the prevalence of gout and hyperuricaemia in French Polynesia, their associations with dietary habits, their comorbidities, the prevalence of the HLA-B*58:01 allele, and current management of the disease. METHODS: The Ma'i u'u survey was epidemiological, prospective, cross-sectional, and gout-focused and included a random sample of adults from the general adult population of French Polynesia...
April 2024: Lancet Global Health