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ReviewBest practice & research. Clinical rheumatology2021

Role of diet in hyperuricemia and gout.

Abhijeet Danve, Shiv Tej Sehra, Tuhina Neogi

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Review in Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 102 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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102citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
20.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

102 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 224 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abhijeet DanveYale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Shiv Tej SehraHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Tuhina NeogiBoston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: tneogi@bu.edu.
Mount Auburn Hospital · USYale University · US

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Research and Evaluation Support Core Unit (RESCU Core)P30AR072571 · NIAMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI Michael Paul Lavalley · 2019 to 2026
$6.9M
The Role of Urate in Knee Osteoarthritis-Related Inflammation, Pathology and PainK24AR070892 · NIAMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI TUHINA NEOGI · 2017 to 2026
$1.1M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIAMS NIH HHS K24 AR070892NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR072571
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, affecting 41 million adults worldwide. The global burden of gout has been increasing over the last three decades, yet its management remains suboptimal. The primary aim of this manuscript is to review the impact of various diets such as the DASH, Mediterranean, and low purine diets; weight loss; and individual foods, including alcohol, caffeine, cherry, dairy, high-fructose corn syrup, omega-3 fatty acids, and vitamin C on hyperuricemia and clinical gout outcomes such as flares and tophi.

conclusionFew studies to date have specifically evaluated the effect of various dietary approaches on hyperuricemia among people with gout and on gout-specific outcomes. Overall, the dietary factors appear to have a small effect on serum urate levels, and their impact on the long-term clinical course of gout is uncertain. Limited evidence suggests that avoidance of certain foods and beverages may decrease the frequency of gout flares. Weight loss may be beneficial for prevention as well as treatment of gout. Urate-lowering therapy remains the mainstay of therapy, with diet and dietary factors studied to date playing a limited role in the definitive management of gout.

Indexed as

GoutHyperuricemiaAdultDietHumansBody mass indexDietDietary factorsGoutHyperuricemia

Identifiers

PMID34802900
PMCPMC8678356
OpenAlexW3215014958

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