Effects of 7 polymorphisms in SLC2A9 (i.e., rs1014290 (N = 7), rs3733591 (N = 7), rs6449213 (N = 5), rs6855911 (N = 5), rs16890979 (N = 4), rs7442295 (N = 3), and rs12510549 (N = 3)) on gout were assessed, see Fig. 2, Table 1, and Additional file 4.1. Here, SLC2A9 is linked to gout.