Rheumatology International
Volume 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1685-1687

Gout in young migrant Filipino women in Israel: A changing epidemiology. Case reports and review of the literature (Article)

Shai A.* , Rimar D. , Rozenbaum M. , Wolfovitz E. , Rosner I.
  • a Internal Department C, Bnai Zion Medical Center, 47 Golomb St P.O. Box 4940, Haifa 31048, Israel
  • b Rheumatology Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
  • c Rheumatology Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
  • d Internal Department C, Bnai Zion Medical Center, 47 Golomb St P.O. Box 4940, Haifa 31048, Israel
  • e Rheumatology Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

Abstract

Gout is rare among young women. The prevalence of gout is increasing in the western world and the Far East, probably owing to life style changes. The association between hyperuricemia and gout, the metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis is stronger in women. 40 years ago, the increased prevalence of hyperuricemia and gout in Filipino men living in the United States was described. Recently, Filipino men and women living in the western world were found to have increased risk of the metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis. We describe two unusual cases of gout in premenopausal Filipino women living in Israel, both of which suffered from hypertension. We also describe the current knowledge about gout in women, in general, and in migrant Asian women, in particular, with an emphasis on its relations to the metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis. The occurrence of gout in relatively young migrant Filipino women might signal a change in the epidemiology of this disease, and might signal that these women are more prone to develop the metabolic syndrome and its complications. © 2009 Springer-Verlag.

Author Keywords

Metabolic syndrome Women Gout Atherosclerosis Philippines

Index Keywords

Filipino Israel clinical feature human Ethnic Groups priority journal hypertension Prednisone gout monarthritis betamethasone Gout Suppressants atenolol hydrochlorothiazide Colchicine allopurinol laboratory test Glucocorticoids premenopause Humans Treatment Outcome Emigrants and Immigrants case report female Article adult migration anamnesis Philippines
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-78449305877&doi=10.1007%2fs00296-009-1198-7&partnerID=40&md5=9aff648361a65daa736ad8da68ae7ff6
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1198-7
ISSN: 01728172
Original Language: English