The use of anthropometric measures in the prediction of incident gout: results from a Swedish community-based cohort study

Objectives: To study associations between different anthropometric measures and incident gout, and to find the best predictive measure.Method: We used the baseline investigation from the Malmö Diet and Cancer study, excluding cases of prevalent gout (n = 28 081). Cox regression for each anthropometric measurement was calculated per standard deviation increment for men and women, with hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), using...