Cause of gout | Total N=33 | Historical setting N=14a | Modern-day setting N=19 | Examples |
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Overindulgence of food and alcohol | 20/33, 61% | 8/14, 57% | 12/19, 63% | Alf Roberts: “Saying it’s all my own fault, eating the wrong food, drinking too much, carrying too much weight.” (Coronation Street, S1Ep3641, ITV) |
Colleague of Dr Charlie Bradford: “Couldn’t you have laid off the red wine and overindulgence for one night?” (Doctors, S11Ep234, BBC) | ||||
Obesity | 14/33, 42% | 6/14, 43% | 8/19, 42% | Reginald Rodgers: “Mainly obese men with fatty rich diets.” (Gut punch, S1Ep1) |
Mrs Wolowitz: “How can one little toe hurt so bad?”. Howard Wolowitz: “Maybe because that little piggy is being crushed by the barn!” (The Big Bang Theory, S7Ep9, CBS) | ||||
Ageing | 13/33, 39% | 6/14, 43% | 7/19, 37% | Hank Hill: “Gout … that’s an old man’s disease.” (King of the Hill, S3Ep18, Fox Network) Dana Scully: “Presbyopia’s a natural part of the ageing process. We’re all gonna go through it, Mulder. Just wait til you get gout. Gout!” (The X-Files, S11Ep9, Fox Network) |
Biological | 4/33, 12% | 0, 0% | 4/19, 21% | Monica Geller: “Do you, or any of your blood relatives, have … gout?” (Friends, S9Ep22, NBC) |