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Male-pattern baldness

PDE3A · rs10841580

What the study found

Who was studied 205,327 European ancestry males.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.0273 lower (95% confidence interval 0.021-0.034); p = 2 × 10−16.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 34% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 12, band 12p12.2 — in an intron of PDE3A.

What ClinVar records

Classification Benign; criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts (2 of 4 stars, 2 submitters), last evaluated 2021-06-19. ClinVar record 1233613 NM_000921.5(PDE3A):c.1846+110C>T

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 each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Male-pattern baldness. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Male-pattern baldness. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Male-pattern baldness. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs10841580

What is rs10841580?

rs10841580 is a single position in the genome, in or near the PDE3A gene. Published research associates it with male-pattern baldness. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs10841580 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 rs10841580 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature communications 2018, PMID:30573740. 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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