Urate-lowering therapy (ULT).

1Answers in agreement with the 2012 American College of Rheumatology gout guidelines 2participants who reported not to adjust ULT for patients with tophaceous gout based on the SUA level were excluded from other questions that were based on the concept of a target SUA level 3this question was offered only to those who answered that they would wait for the resolution of the acute gouty attack to initiate ULT. CI: confidence interval; CKD: chronic kidney disease; SUA: serum uric acid; CrCl: creatinine clearance. Urate-lowering therapy (ULT).