Figure 1 illustrates a flow chart depicting the study procedure. Table 2 demonstrates that there were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of age, sex, first instance of gout, number and location of affected body parts, joint symptoms score, BMI, baseline levels of CRP, uric acid, alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), or creatinine at baseline. This evidence concerns the gene GPT and gout.