RESULTS: Of 156,809 VA
gout patients, 2534 (1.6%) had CVTE and 9759 (6.2%) had OCE in 2004. Rates
were similar for 2005 and 2006: 1.6% and 1.3% for CVTE, 6.2% and 5.7% for
OCE. DTM patients, defined as having diagnostic codes of gout nephropathy (ICD-9
of 274.1x, n