A 49-Year-Old Man Comes to the Office for Follow-Up

question 353

Multiple Choice

A 49-year-old man comes to the office for follow-up.  A friend was recently diagnosed with gout, and the patient is anxious that he will also develop gout.  The patient states that he had read "something about a diet called DASH that reduces the excess of uric acid in the blood and reduces the risk of gout."  He would like to try the diet but asks if a less strict version would nevertheless help to reduce his chances of developing gout. Based on the abstract, which of the following is true about the magnitude of the risk of gout among patients adopting a Western diet in the highest fifth as compared to patients adopting a Western diet in the lowest fifth?

• A)A Western diet in the highest fifth does not seem to increase the risk for gout when compared to a Western diet in the lowest fifth.
• B)A Western diet in the highest fifth is associated with a 17% reduction in the risk for gout when compared to a Western diet in the lowest fifth.
• C)A Western diet in the highest fifth is associated with a 20% increase in the risk for gout when compared to a Western diet in the lowest fifth.
• D)A Western diet in the lowest fifth is associated with an 80% increase in the risk for gout when compared to a Western diet in the highest fifth.
• E)A Western diet in the lowest fifth is associated with an 83% reduction in the risk for gout when compared to a Western diet in the highest fifth.

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Understand the concept of maintaining a minimum cash balance and its impact on financing decisions.

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