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Uric-acid reabsorption & gout risk (GLUT9)

Uric-acid reabsorption & gout risk (GLUT9) is a genetic trait Biome reports in its health risks panel: How your GLUT9 transporter variant leans your uric-acid reabsorption and gout risk.

Category
Health risks
Markers
SLC2A9 (GLUT9) rs7442295
Strength of evidence
Moderate

Genes

Markers (rsIDs)

How Biome reads this

Biome's whole-genome test reads this from one saliva sample, alongside all 3.2 billion letters of your DNA.

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