“…Recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs) identified multiple genetic loci associated with serum uric acid concentrations [ 9 , 13 , 18 , 26 , 27 ]. Our previous GWAS also confirmed two reported loci SLC2A9 (solute carrier family 2, facilitated glucose transporter member 9, 4p16.1) [ 18 , 22 , 26 , 28 , 29 ] and ABCG2 (ATP-binding cassette, sub-family G, member 2, 4q22) [ 12 , 30 , 31 ] positively associated with serum uric acid levels in a Chinese population [ 32 ]. Several studies investigated the associations between the genetic variants in the uric acid related loci of SLC2A9 and ABCG2 and the risk of CHD among Europeans [ 12 , 22 , 25 , 33 , 34 ] and found no association between them.…”