Performance of classification criteria for gout in early and established disease.
William J TaylorJaap FransenNicola DalbethTuhina NeogiH Ralph SchumacherMelanie BrownWorawit LouthrenooJanitzia Vazquez-MelladoMaxim EliseevGeraldine McCarthyLisa K StampFernando Perez-RuizFrancisca SiveraHang-Korng EaMartijn GerritsenCarlo ScireLorenzo CavagnaChingtsai LinYin-Yi ChouAnne-Kathrin TauscheGeraldo da Rocha Castelar-PinheiroMatthijs JanssenJiunn-Horng ChenOle SlotMarco CimminoTill UhligTim L JansenPublished in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2014)
Existing classification criteria for gout have sensitivity of over 80% in early and established disease but currently available criteria that do not require synovial fluid analysis have inadequate specificity especially later in the disease. Classification criteria for gout with better specificity are required, although the findings should be cautiously applied to non-rheumatology clinic populations.