Outside of diet, there are a number of other risk factors associated with gout. This includes:
- Age (with increasing age comes higher risk)
- Being male
- Weight – being overweight or obese
- Having kidney disease
- Certain medications can increase urate levels
- Genetic factors (genes SLC2A9 and ABCG2)
- Menopause
Risk factors work both ways and gout can also increase the risk of other health conditions. For example, individuals with gout have a 29% higher risk of kidney disease than those without gout.