ArticleAnnals of internal medicine2020
Assessing the Risk for Gout With Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
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- Use of sensitivity analyses to assess uncontrolled confounding from unmeasured variables in observational, active comparator pharmacoepidemiologic studies: a systematic review.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Pooled it
- Burden of rheumatic diseases among people with diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Narra J · 2024Pooled it
- Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors use and the risk of gout: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Pooled it
- Can SGLT2 inhibitors prevent incident gout? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta diabetologica · 2022Pooled it
- Albuminuria Responses to Dapagliflozin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Crossover Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Factors Influencing Change in Serum Uric Acid After Administration of the Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Luseogliflozin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Journal of clinical pharmacology · 2022Trial
- Comparing the effects of tofogliflozin and pioglitazone in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (ToPiND study): a randomized prospective open-label controlled trial.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2021Trial
- Association of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors With Incident Gout Risk: A Population-Based Comparative Cohort Study With Genetic Evidence From Mendelian Randomisation.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026Article
- Effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on gout-related and cardiometabolic outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a scoping review.Advances in rheumatology (London, England) · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Impact of Diabetes Mellitus in Gout: Analysis of a Nationwide Dataset of 192,062 Hospitalizations.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Gout-Related Medication Use After Initiating Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors in Patients With Gout and Type 2 Diabetes: Population-Based Target Trial Emulation Studies.Diabetes care · 2026Article
- Serum uric acid variability and short-term mortality in chronic kidney disease: a retrospective cohort study with independent replication in MIMIC-IV.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in arthritis: current insights and future directions.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2025Review
- Gout incidence in metformin versus sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor users: a retrospective cohort study.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Could Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter-2 Inhibitors and Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Play a Role in Gout Treatment?Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- Establishment and optimization of a novel mouse model of hyperuricemic nephropathy.Renal failure · 2024Article
- Comparative effectiveness of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors for recurrent nephrolithiasis among patients with pre-existing nephrolithiasis or gout: target trial emulation studies.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2024Article
- Multiple Effects of SGLT2 Inhibitors.JMA journal · 2024Article
- Gout risk in adults with pre-diabetes initiating metformin.Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2024Article
- Immunomodulatory Effects of SGLT2 Inhibitors and Metformin in Managing Rheumatic Diseases: A Narrative Review.Mediterranean journal of rheumatology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Background: Hyperuricemia is common in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and is known to cause gout. Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors prevent glucose reabsorption and lower serum uric acid levels. Objective: To compare the rate of gout between adults prescribed an SGLT2 inhibitor and those prescribed a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP1) receptor agonist. Design: Population-based new-user cohort study. Setting: A U.S. nationwide commercial insurance database from March 2013 to December 2017. Patients: Persons with type 2 diabetes newly prescribed an SGLT2 inhibitor were 1:1 propensity score matched to patients newly prescribed a GLP1 agonist. Persons were excluded if they had a history of gout or had received gout-specific treatment previously. Measurements: The primary outcome was a new diagnosis of gout. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) of the primary outcome and 95% CIs. Results: The study identified 295 907 adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus who were newly prescribed an SGLT2 inhibitor or a GLP1 agonist. The gout incidence rate was lower among patients prescribed an SGLT2 inhibitor (4.9 events per 1000 person-years) than those prescribed a GLP1 agonist (7.8 events per 1000 person-years), with an HR of 0.64 (95% CI, 0.57 to 0.72) and a rate difference of -2.9 (CI, -3.6 to -2.1) per 1000 person-years. Limitation: Unmeasured confounding, missing data (namely incomplete laboratory data), and low baseline risk for gout. Conclusion: Adults with type 2 diabetes prescribed an SGLT2 inhibitor had a lower rate of gout than those prescribed a GLP1 agonist. Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors may reduce the risk for gout among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus, although future studies are necessary to confirm this observation. Primary Funding Source: Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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