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Patients with gout are at significantly elevated risk for atrial fibrillation (Afib), a U.K. population-based study found. At the index date of gout diagnosis, a significantly greater percentage of gout patients had Afib compared with controls (7.42% versus 2.98%, P<0.001). The prevalence of Afib at the index date was significantly higher in both men (6.69% versus 2.49%) and women (9.36% versuss 3.71%) with gout than in their respective controls. "Gout is probably an independent risk factor for Afib, despite it also being associated with many comorbidities that also contribute to development of Afib," Weiya Zhang, PhD, of the University of Nottingham, and colleagues wrote online Dec. 17 in Rheumatology. http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/GeneralRheumatology/55498?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2016-01-05&eun=g721819d0r