Table 2 Demographic, lifestyle, psychological, co-morbid and gout characteristics of survey responders (n = 1184)
From: Foot problems in people with gout in primary care: baseline findings from a prospective cohort study
| Â | n (%) |
|---|---|
Marital status: | Â |
 Married/Co-habiting | 882 (75.7) |
 Divorced/separated | 91 (7.8) |
 Widowed | 114 (9.8) |
 Single | 78 (6.7) |
Higher education: | Â |
 Yes | 249 (22.3) |
 No | 870 (77.8) |
Employment status: | Â |
 Employed | 401 (34.9) |
 Retired | 656 (57.1) |
 Not working | 35 (3.1) |
 Othera | 56 (4.9) |
Ethnicity: | Â |
 White | 1126 (97.6) |
 Non-white | 28 (2.4) |
BMI (kg/m2): | Â |
 <25.0 | 221 (19.8) |
 25.0–29.9 | 511 (45.7) |
 30.0–34.9 | 260 (23.2) |
 ≥35.0 | 127 (11.4) |
Anxiety: | Â |
 None | 844 (77.2) |
 Mild | 141 (12.9) |
 Moderate | 64 (5.9) |
 Severe | 45 (4.1) |
Depression: | Â |
 None | 763 (73.2) |
 Mild | 148 (14.2) |
 Moderate | 65 (6.2) |
 Moderately severe | 40 (3.8) |
 Severe | 26 (2.5) |
Co-morbid conditions: | Â |
 Diabetes mellitus | 205 (17.3) |
 Hypertension | 731 (61.7) |
 Hyperlipidaemia | 508 (42.9) |
 Ischaemic heart disease | 215 (18.2) |
 Cerebrovascular disease | 86 (7.3) |
Alcohol consumption: | Â |
 Daily/almost daily | 273 (23.4) |
 3–4 times per week | 263 (22.5) |
 1–2 times per week | 254 (21.8) |
 1–3 times per month | 109 (9.3) |
 Occasionally | 155 (13.3) |
 Never | 113 (9.7) |
Gout characteristics: | Â |
 Duration, years (mean, (SD)) | 11.9 (12.1) |
 Current attack | 132 (11.6) |
 Number of attacks in last 12 months: |  |
  0 | 398 (35.4) |
  1–2 | 418 (37.2) |
  ≥3 | 307 (27.3) |
 Oligo/polyarticular attacks | 436 (38.6) |
 Current allopurinol use | 630 (56.3) |
 Tophi | 25 (2.3)b |
 Highest SUA (mean (SD), μmol/l) | 441 (116)b,c |