Recent findings by researchers revealed that more than 9500 gout patients and 48,000 people without the disease, aged 65 and older.

Gout is known to increase the risk of a heart attack in men. However, little has been known about the impact of gout on women's cardiovascular health.

Gout is reported as common disease caused as a result of inflammation in the joints because of the accumulation of excess uric acid in the body. Uric acid is a by-product of purines, which are abundant in a Western diet.

As a part of the study, Boffins followed the cardiovascular health of all the participants for an average of seven years during which as many as 3268 fatal and non-fatal heart attacks took place.

The team revealed to have discovered that women with gout show 39 percent more likeliness to have a heart attack of any kind compared with women without the condition.

While, men showed significantly higher risk compared to the women. Men with gout were only 11% more likely than those without the disease to have a fatal or non-fatal heart attack.

The study was published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.