Urate-lowering therapy may mitigate the risks of hospitalized stroke and mortality in patients with gout

• Fu-Shun Yen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Dr. Yen’s Clinic, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

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• Chih-Cheng Hsu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan, Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Hsin-Lun Li,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• James Cheng-Chung Wei ,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wei3228@gmail.com (JCCW); chhwu@vghtpe.gov.tw (CMH)

  Affiliations Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chii-Min Hwu

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wei3228@gmail.com (JCCW); chhwu@vghtpe.gov.tw (CMH)

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8209-9627

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