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Table 1 Number and proportion of patients diagnosed with gout or asymptomatic hyperuricemia who received ULT

From: Urate-lowering therapy for gout and asymptomatic hyperuricemia in the pediatric population: a cross-sectional study of a Japanese health insurance database

  

Age

  

Total

0–5 years

6–11 years

12–18 years

All

All

 Diagnosed, n

276

22

43

211

 Treated, n (%)

97 (35.1)

1 (4.5)

10 (23.3)

86 (40.8)

Gout

 Diagnosed, n

48

3

7

38

 Treated, n (%)

18 (37.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (14.3)

17 (44.7)

Asymptomatic hyperuricemia

 Diagnosed, n

228

19

36

173

 Treated, n (%)

79 (34.6)

1 (5.3)

9 (25.0)

69 (39.9)

Male

All

 Diagnosed, n

209

10

23

176

 Treated, n (%)

83 (39.7)

1 (10.0)

6 (26.1)

76 (43.2)

Gout

 Diagnosed, n

33

1

2

30

 Treated, n (%)

16 (48.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

16 (53.3)

Asymptomatic hyperuricemia

 Diagnosed, n

176

9

21

146

 Treated, n (%)

67 (38.1)

1 (11.1)

6 (28.6)

60 (41.1)

Female

All

 Diagnosed, n

67

12

20

35

 Treated, n (%)

14 (20.9)

0 (0.0)

4 (20.0)

10 (28.6)

Gout

 Diagnosed, n

15

2

5

8

 Treated, n (%)

2 (13.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (20.0)

1 (12.5)

Asymptomatic hyperuricemia

 Diagnosed, n

52

10

15

27

 Treated, n (%)

12 (23.1)

0 (0.0)

3 (20.0)

9 (33.3)

  1. ULT urate-lowering therapy