Summary
Objectives
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of gout in a general Turkish population, according to the American College of Rheumatology (Wallace) criteria proposed for gout ...classification.
Methods
This study was conducted in two districts of Izmir Province in Turkey, and involved 2835 subjects of ≥ 20 years of age. In the first stage, face‐to‐face interviews were performed at the subjects’ registered households. In the second stage, subjects who gave positive answers in the screening questionnaire were invited to the hospital for a full examination, which included a detailed medical history, medication use and blood tests.
Results
A total of 2887 subjects were contacted, and complete interviews were obtained for 2835 (1551 women, 1284 men). A total of 312 subjects (227 women, 85 men) reported experiencing a short period of joint pain accompanied by swelling, redness or reduced range of movement, and 247 (79%) of these patients underwent a detailed clinical examination in the hospital. Gout was diagnosed in 11 patients (8 men, 3 women). We found minimum age‐ and sex‐adjusted prevalence rates of gout of 0.31% (95% CI: 0.16–0.61) in subjects of ≥ 20 years of age, and 0.72% (95% CI: 0.37–1.24) in subjects of ≥ 40 years of age.
Conclusions
Our data suggest that the estimated prevalence of gout (0.31%) is lower than the previously published estimated prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (0.36%) in the same study population (14 definite rheumatoid arthritis cases among the 2835 subjects).
This study focuses on the possible use of macro-fungus
Agaricus bisporus to remove Acid Red 44 dye from aqueous solutions. Batch equilibrium studies were carried out as a function of pH, biomass ...amount, contact time and temperature to determine the decolorization efficiency of biosorbent. The highest dye removal yield was achieved at pH 2.0. Equilibrium occurred within about 30
min. Biosorption data were successfully described by Langmuir isotherm model and the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The maximum monolayer biosorption capacity of biosorbent material was found as 1.19
×
10
−4
mol
g
−1. Thermodynamic parameters indicated that the biosorption of Acid Red 44 onto fungal biomass was spontaneous and endothermic in nature. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used for the characterization of possible dye–biosorbent interaction and surface structure of biosorbent, respectively. Finally the proposed biosorbent was successfully used for the decolorization of Acid Red 44 in synthetic wastewater conditions.
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