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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 16.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Haematol. 2015 Apr 20;171(5):872–875. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13433

Table II.

Details of individual SCD patients with gout.

Age at
onset (years)
Sex SC/SS Hydroxycarbamide HTN BMI Fam Hx Joints involved Serum UA
(µmol/l)
UA crystals
in joint
1 56 M SS No No 36·1 No R ankle 406·6–998·9 IA
2 24 M SS Yes Yes 20·3 No L 1st MTP 671·8–813·3 Yes
3 51 F SS Yes Yes 31 Yes L ankle 786·8–972·4 ND
4 47 F SS Yes Yes 25·9 No R 3rd MTP 831·0–919·4 ND
5 31 F SS Yes No 25·1 No R ankle, R and L 1st MTP 875·2–1034·3 IA
6 49 M SS Yes Yes 23·4 No L 1st MTP 583·4–663·0 Refused
7 27 M SS No Yes 22·2 No R wrist, R 3rd PIP 1131·5–1149·2 Yes
8 77 F SC Yes Yes 30·2 No R 1st MTP, L 1st MTP 477·4–742·6 ND
9 30 M SS Yes No 20·2 No R wrist 610·0–689·5 IA
10 23 F SS Yes No 25·5 No R 1st MTP, R ankle 397·8–477·4 ND
11 24 M SS No Yes 23·2 No R elbow, R 3rd PIP and DIP, R 4th MCP 530·4-663·0 Yes
12 40 F SS Yes Yes 19·2 No R 1st MTP 468·5–645·3 ND
13 40 M SS Yes No 22·5 No R Knee 857·5–1016·6 IA

M, male; F, female; DM, diabetes; HTN, hypertension; BMI, body mass index; Fam Hx, family history; R, right; L, left; MTP, metatarsophalangeal joint; MCP, metacarpophalangeal joint; PIP, proximal interphalangeal joint; DIP, distal interphalangeal joint; ND, not done; IA, insufficient amount of aspirate for crystal analysis; UA, uric acid.