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Smoking cessation

FAM163B · rs10821523

What the study found

Who was studied up to 547,219 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the C allele shifted the measure 0.0262 higher (95% confidence interval 0.018-0.034); p = 2 × 10−11.

How common The C allele had a frequency of about 54% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 9, band 9q34.2 — in an intron of FAM163B.

What each result means

A/A No copy of the version the research linked to Smoking cessation. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
A/C One copy of the version the research linked to Smoking cessation. That is a smaller link than two copies.
C/C Two copies of the version the research linked to Smoking cessation. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs10821523

What is rs10821523?

rs10821523 is a single position in the genome, in or near the FAM163B gene. Published research associates it with smoking cessation. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs10821523 mean I will get this?

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.

Where does the information about rs10821523 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature genetics 2019, PMID:30643251. 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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