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Clinician-recorded gout flares and serum urate (SU) measurements were identified and described using joinpoint linear regression modelling. The relationship between SU level, flare frequency, month of the year and mean monthly temperatures was explored and correlations tested using Pearson correlation coefficients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>249,157 individuals (mean follow-up 6.7 years) experienced 417,101 flares and had 341,457 SU measurements (mean SU 437 \u00b5mol\/L, standard deviation (SD) 106 \u00b5mol\/L). SU levels peaked the day before a flare (487 \u00b5mol\/L). Mean SU in the year preceding a flare was 474 \u00b5mol\/L compared with 432 \u00b5mol\/L in the year post-flare. SU levels did not near pre-flare levels in the year following a flare.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>Flares were most frequent, and SU was highest, in the summer months (June to August). The correlation co-efficient between flares and months of the year was 0.94, whereas the correlation with temperature was less strong (0.70).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      SU measurement in the year following a gout flare is not indicative of the peak (pre-flare) SU levels that an individual may have experienced. Clinicians should consider this when considering SU measurements in the diagnosis of gout. 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