SLC2A9 · rs16890979
Where this position leads
Condition: Gout
What the study found
Who was studied 11,847 European ancestry individuals; replicated in 11,024 European ancestry individuals, 3,843 African American individuals.
The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.34 lower (95% confidence interval 0.30-0.38); p = 7 × 10−168.
How common The T allele had a frequency of about 23% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 4, band 4p16.1 — a missense change in SLC2A9.
What ClinVar records
Classification
Benign for Hypouricemia, renal, 2; criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts (2 of 4 stars, 7 submitters), last evaluated 2026-02-04.
ClinVar record 350215 NM_020041.3(SLC2A9):c.844G>A (p.Val282Ile)
What this is ClinVar's aggregate record for this position (as of its 2026-10-19 release), not a result about you. A classification describes the variant against the condition named, as laboratories submitted it. Whether a person carries this variant, and what that would mean for them, is a question for a clinical test and a genetic counsellor.
What people read about alongside this
Papers in Europe PMC whose title or abstract names both this rsID and that subject. A shared paper means somebody wrote about the two together — it is not a claim that this position explains the subject.
rs16890979 is a single position in the genome, in or near the SLC2A9 gene. Published research associates it with urate levels. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Gout. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.
Subjects that appear in the title or abstract of the same papers as this rsID include kidneys (2 papers), cholesterol and blood fats (1 papers), fertility (1 papers). A shared paper means somebody wrote about the two together; it is not a claim that this position explains the topic.
No. Common variants like this one move a probability slightly and, on their own, rarely decide anything about one person. Nothing on this page is a diagnosis, and health decisions should be made with a clinician who can see your whole picture.
GWAS Catalog, Lancet 2008, PMID:18834626. Every variant on MyGeneLog comes from public primary sources and is published with its citation and the date it was checked.
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Urate levels (rs16890979). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs16890979