Antihypertensive drugs and risk of incident gout among patients with hypertension: population based case-control study

Objective To determine the independent associations of antihypertensive drugs with the risk of incident gout among people with hypertension. Design Nested case-control study. Setting UK general practice database, 2000-7. Participants All incident cases of gout (n=24 768) among adults aged 20-79 and a random sample of 50 000 matched controls. Main outcome measure Relative risk of incident gout associated with...