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To identify potentially modifiable risk factors for the development of gout. ⋯ Obesity, excessive weight gain in young adulthood, and hypertension are risk factors for the development of gout. Prevention of obesity and hypertension may decrease the incidence of and morbidity from gout; studies of weight reduction in the primary and secondary prevention of gout are indicated.
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To determine the impact on house staff recruitment of large numbers of patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). ⋯ These observations cannot be attributed to AIDS alone. Multiple economic and social factors, including AIDS, may have contributed.