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Body mass index z-score

HOXB-AS3 · rs11079830

What the study found

Who was studied 70,636 European ancestry children, 5,040 African American children, 8,103 Hispanic / Latino children, 176 East Asian ancestry children, 630 Other admixed ancestry children, 146 American Indian / Alaskan Native ancestry children, 109 children.

The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 0.0394 higher (95% confidence interval 0.029-0.05); p = 1 × 10−12.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 55% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 17, band 17q21.32 — in a regulatory region of HOXB-AS3.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Body mass index z-score. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
A/G One copy of the version the research linked to Body mass index z-score. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G No copy of the version the research linked to Body mass index z-score. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs11079830

What is rs11079830?

rs11079830 is a single position in the genome, in or near the HOXB-AS3 gene. Published research associates it with body mass index z-score. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs11079830 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 rs11079830 come from?

GWAS Catalog, HGG advances 2025, PMID:39885687. 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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