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Lipoprotein (a) levels

PLG · rs4252152

Strength of the evidence

3 / 4

Its strongest genetic-study result is p = 10−270, with 1 associations in the GWAS Catalog.

How this is scored

4: ClinVar disease-causing, reviewed by an expert panel or a guideline (3–4 stars). 3: ClinVar, several labs agreeing (2 stars), or a genetic study at p ≤ 10−50. 2: ClinVar from one lab (1 star), or p ≤ 10−20. 1: ClinVar submitted without criteria (0 stars), or genome-wide significance (p ≤ 5×10−8). The higher of the two counts. It says how solid the evidence is, not whether it matters for a particular person.

What the study found

Who was studied 272,573 European ancestry individuals, 5,018 African ancestry individuals, 6,453 South Asian ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the G allele shifted the measure 0.386 higher (95% confidence interval 0.36-0.41); p = 6 × 10−271.

Where it sits Chromosome 6, band 6q26 — in an intron of PLG.

What ClinVar records

Classification Benign; criteria provided, single submitter (1 of 4 stars, 1 submitter), last evaluated 2021-06-20. ClinVar record 1248977 NM_000301.5(PLG):c.1803-204T>G

Change history MyGeneLog™ keeps a copy of every weekly release from 2026-10-19 and compares them. This position's classification has not changed since.

What this is ClinVar's aggregate record for this position (as of its 2026-11-01 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.

How common each version is

AGT
Korean Korea4K
A 0.0% · T 100.0%
World gnomAD
G 11.9% · T 88.0%
World 1000 Genomes
G 12.8% · T 87.2%
World TOPMed
G 13.4% · T 86.6%

The share of all copies of this position that are each version. Source: the population studies published in dbSNP (US NCBI); each row names its study.

What each result means

G/G Two copies of the version the research linked to Lipoprotein (a) levels. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
G/T One copy of the version the research linked to Lipoprotein (a) levels. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T No copy of the version the research linked to Lipoprotein (a) levels. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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