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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2021

The Epidemiology and Genetics of Hyperuricemia and Gout across Major Racial Groups: A Literature Review and Population Genetics Secondary Database Analysis.

Faven Butler, Ali Alghubayshi, Youssef Roman

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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65citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Hyperuricaemia and gout in the Pacific.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2025
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  20. Cardiometabolic Health in Asian American Children.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Faven ButlerDepartment of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, 410 N. 12th Street, Smith Building, Rm 334, Richmond, VA 23298-0533, USA.
Ali AlghubayshiDepartment of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, 410 N. 12th Street, Smith Building, Rm 334, Richmond, VA 23298-0533, USA.
Youssef RomanDepartment of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, 410 N. 12th Street, Smith Building, Rm 334, Richmond, VA 23298-0533, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0613-5534
Virginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gout is an inflammatory condition caused by elevated serum urate (SU), a condition known as hyperuricemia (HU). Genetic variations, including single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), can alter the function of urate transporters, leading to differential HU and gout prevalence across different populations. In the United States (U.S.), gout prevalence differentially affects certain racial groups. The objective of this proposed analysis is to compare the frequency of urate-related genetic risk alleles between Europeans (EUR) and the following major racial groups: Africans in Southwest U.S. (ASW), Han-Chinese (CHS), Japanese (JPT), and Mexican (MXL) from the 1000 Genomes Project. The Ensembl genome browser of the 1000 Genomes Project was used to conduct cross-population allele frequency comparisons of 11 SNPs across 11 genes, physiologically involved and significantly associated with SU levels and gout risk. Gene/SNP pairs included:

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Asiansepidemiologygeneticsgouthealth disparitieshyperuricemiarace

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PMID33810064
PMCPMC8005056
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