Revisiting comorbidities in gout: a cluster analysis.

Objectives: The reciprocal links between comorbidities and gout are complex. We used cluster analysis to attempt to identify different phenotypes on the basis of comorbidities in a large cohort of patients with gout.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional multicentre study of 2763 gout patients conducted from November 2010 to May 2011.