Of these, two intergenic loci are novel susceptibility loci for gout (table 2 and figure 2C, D) There were eight suggestive loci: ZNF639-MFN1, RUNX2-CLIC5, DST, HGF, MED27-NTNG2, LINC00944-LINC02372, SV2B and GABPA, for normal type gout as shown in online supplementary table S4. Here, LINC00944 is linked to gout.