The odds ratios of gout risk were 2.80 (p=0.001), 4.56 (p<0.001), and 7.67 (p=0.002) for Caucasian, Mongoloid, and Polynesian populations carrying the ABCG2 rs2231142 TT genotype, respectively, compared with the GG genotype. The gene discussed is ABCG2; the disease is gout.