<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Gout (Gr. podagra) is a multifactorial pathology, which means that both genetic and environmental factors play a role in the aetiology of the disease. For these reasons, revealing risk factors could be of very high importance in prevention and treatment of gout. In the present study, we found that a major role in gout predisposition is played by specific alleles in the ABCG2 gene. The study used survey data for 43 gout patients and 99 healthy control individuals who were geno-typed for rs2231142. It was found that allelic variant rs2231142 in the ABCG2 gene had the strongest association with gout. Among other co-factors studied, sex, and increased body mass index were associated with gout.</p></abstract>

Gout (Gr. podagra) is a multifactorial pathology, which means that both genetic and environmental factors play a role in the aetiology of the disease. For these reasons, revealing risk factors could be of very high importance in prevention and treatment of gout. In the present study, we found that a major role in gout predisposition is played by specific alleles in the ABCG2 gene. The study used survey data for 43 gout patients and 99 healthy control individuals who were geno-typed for rs2231142. It was found that allelic variant rs2231142 in the ABCG2 gene had the strongest association with gout. Among other co-factors studied, sex, and increased body mass index were associated with gout.

Risk Factor Analysis for Gout in the Latvian Population

Scientific Laboratory of Molecular Genetics

Department of Nephrology and Renal Replacement Therapy

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.

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Gout (Gr. podagra) is a multifactorial pathology, which means that both genetic and environmental factors play a role in the aetiology of the disease. For...

Risk Factor Analysis for Gout in the Latvian Population

Published Online: Feb 27, 2020

Page range: 7 - 11

Received: Dec 19, 2018

Accepted: Jan 01, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2020-0002

Keywords
ABCG2,

© 2020 Erika Nagle et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Risk Factor Analysis for Gout in the Latvian Population

Published Online: Feb 27, 2020

Page range: 7 - 11

Received: Dec 19, 2018

Accepted: Jan 01, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2020-0002

KeywordsABCG2,

© 2020 Erika Nagle et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
ABCG2,