Traditionally, it is associated with excessive alcohol consumption and unhealthy lifestyle, but a new massive genetic study involving 2.6 million people reveals that the key reason for gout is not just diet or alcohol, but primarily genetics. This study, cited by sciencealert, dramatically changes our understanding of the disease. What does the study reveal?
An international team of scientists compared the genetic data of 2.6 million people, including 120,295 with gout, in order to determine which genetic variants are associated with the disease. The analysis revealed 377 regions in the DNA, including 149 new, previously unknown connections. These findings dramatically expand our understanding of the genetic involvement in the disease.
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