Table 3

Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and change in gout risk, with stratification by SLC2A9 genotype

ObsΔ In gout risk, 95% CI (odds ratio)*pβInteraction (95% CI)†p
NZ European CaucasianUnstratified5631.20 (1.03 to to 1.40)0.0200.021 (−0.016 to 0.058)0.27
C allele non-carrier3731.16 (0.95 to 1.43)0.14
C allele carrier1481.27 (0.96 to 1.67)0.091
NZ MāoriUnstratified4631.11 (0.98 to 1.27)0.11−0.064 (−0.12 to −0.011)0.018
C allele non-carrier3961.19 (1.03 to 1.37)0.019
C allele carrier510.76 (0.49 to 1.16)0.20
NZ Pacific IslanderUnstratified4891.13 (1.01 to 1.27)0.0300.073 (−0.018 to 0.16)0.12
C allele non-carrier4541.11 (0.99 to 1.25)0.039
C allele carrier271.71 (0.85 to 3.42)0.13
ARICUnstratified67211.09 (0.94 to 1.27)0.260.00028 (−0.0067 to 0.0072)0.94
G allele non-carrier‡40821.05 (0.88 to 1.26)0.58
G allele carrier26391.16 (0.88 to 1.54)0.29
All Populations CombinedUnstratified82361.13 (1.06 to 1.20)1.9×10−4−0.013§ (−0.022 to −0.003)0.010
Minor allele non-carrier‡53051.12 (1.05 to 1.21)0.001
C allele carrier28881.15 (0.98 to 1.34)0.082
  • *Change in gout risk per increase in consumption category adjusted by age, sex, BMI, alcohol (continuous variable), fruit intake (continuous variable), kidney disease, high blood pressure, relatedness and sample set where combined.

  • †SSB/day ordinal (ordered) variables (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) were created as described in the supplementary material and used as a continuous variable to derive the SSB by genotype interaction term with risk of gout as outcome.

  • ‡ARIC genotyped with rs11942223 surrogate rs6449173 (major allele A, minor allele C).

  • §Interaction term by Mantel Haenszel meta-analysis was 0.000 (−0.033 to 0.034), p=0.99 (the p value of the Q test for heterogeneity was 0.025).

  • ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities; NZ, New Zealand; Obs, Observations; SSB, sugar (sucrose)-sweetened beverage.