Both excessive and long-term alcohol consumption, as well as any spirit consumption, predict the development of ultrasound-detected tophi and sub-tophi in patients with gout, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.
“This study aimed to evaluate the association of alcohol consumption with the presence and development of ultrasound-detected tophi and sub-tophi in a Chinese gout population,” Changgui Li, PhD, of the Shandong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Immune Diseases and Gout, at the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, in China, told Healio.