Association between gout and cardiovascular outcomes in adults with no history of cardiovascular disease: large data linkage study in New Zealand.

Objective: To examine the association of gout with cardiovascular outcomes using linked administrative health data in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Design: Data linkage study.

Setting: National registries of pharmaceutical dispensing, hospital admission, and deaths linked to the Auckland/Northland regional repository of laboratory results to create a regional health contact population as of 31 December 2011.