This finding is consistent with previously reported studies in which the ABCG2 c.421C>A variant [28], [44], [45]has been associated with hyperuricemia and gout in individuals of European, Han Chinese, Japanese and African-American ancestry [28], [40], [43], [44], however, this association was not found in Maori subjects [45]. The gene discussed is ABCG2; the disease is gout.