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Considerable Uncertainty About the Burden of Gout in the Middle East and North Africa Region.

Christopher G MaherCaitlin M P JonesDanielle M CoombsGiovanni E Ferreira
Published in: The Journal of rheumatology (2023)
Amiri et al 1 provide extensive burden of disease estimates for gout in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region sourced from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2019 study. We would like to draw attention to the considerable uncertainty with these estimates and advise readers to interpret the estimates cautiously.
Keyphrases
  • uric acid
  • tertiary care
  • metabolic syndrome
  • risk factors