Table 2.

Causes of death by exposure status.

Causes of death	Subjects free of gout (N = 194,947)	Newly diagnosed gout (N = 19,497)
Cardiovascular diseases, n (%)	19,095 (41.3)	2,910 (49.5)
Renal disease, n (%)	290 (0.6)	96 (1.6)
Dementia, n (%)	3,895 (8.4)	221 (3.8)
Infections, n (%)	2,611 (5.7)	327 (5.6)
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)	1,001 (2.2)	201 (3.4)
Diseases of the digestive system, n (%)	1,310 (2.8)	211 (3.6)
Lung diseases, n (%)	1,706 (3.7)	208 (3.5)
Neoplasm, n (%)	10,448 (22.6)	1,069 (18.2)
Other, n (%)	5,912 (12.8)	638 (10.8)