At block 2 (SLC22A11) rs2078267 has previously been convincingly associated with gout in European Caucasian (OR = 0.88, P = 2.3 × 10-5; [2]) but the NZ European Caucasian sample set is inconsistent with these findings (OR = 0.98, P = 0.82). The gene discussed is SLC22A11; the disease is gout.