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ReviewNature reviews. Rheumatology2025

Hyperuricaemia and gout in the Pacific.

Baptiste Gérard, Megan Leask, Tony R Merriman, Thomas Bardin, Erwan Oehler, Aniva Lawrence, Satupaitea Viali, Samuela 'Ofanoa, Leanne Te Karu, Lisa K Stamp and 2 more

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Review in Nature reviews. Rheumatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Baptiste GérardDepartment of Rheumatology, CHU Rouen, Rouen, France.
Megan LeaskDepartment of Physiology, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Tony R MerrimanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0844-8726
Thomas BardinDepartment of Rheumatology, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France.
Erwan OehlerDepartment of Internal Medicine, French Polynesia Hospital Centre, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia.
Aniva LawrenceTe Whareora o Tikipunga, Northland Clinical Site, University of Auckland, Whangarei, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Satupaitea VialiOceania University of Medicine, Apia, Samoa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4829-8403
Samuela 'OfanoaPacific Health Section, University of Auckland, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Leanne Te KaruDepartment of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Auckland, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Lisa K StampDepartment of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0138-2912
Nicola DalbethDepartment of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4632-4476
Tristan PascartDepartment of Rheumatology, Saint Philibert Hospital, Lille Catholic University, Lille, France. pascart.tristan@ghicl.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8395-826X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis in adults worldwide. There has been a steady increase in prevalence, which varies across different geographic areas and is high in the Indigenous (First Nations) peoples of the Pacific region. Palaeo-archaeological studies demonstrate that gout was present in the Pacific region prior to European colonization, which is suggestive of genetic predisposition. Genetic risk factors, including population-specific genetic variants and genetic variants shared across populations, particularly those influencing urate transporters, have been identified in Indigenous peoples of the Pacific that partly explain the earlier age of onset of gout. Indigenous peoples of the Pacific experience severe gout, with frequent flares, high hospitalization rates and tophaceous gout, all aggravated by socio-cultural factors. Despite a specific need for effective gout management, Indigenous peoples of the Pacific are under-represented in gout research and inequities in care continue. Indigenous peoples-led, holistic gout management programmes are systematically and urgently required in this region, where gout is a major public health issue. Importantly, a foundation of cultural safety is necessary to underpin such programmes.

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GoutHyperuricemiaGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansPacific IslandsPrevalenceRisk Factors

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PMID40069386

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