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Body mass index (adult)

IRX2 · rs112778462

Stands on its own. Nothing else here links to this position yet — but the page above is the point: what the research found, what each genotype means, and where it came from, in language you can read. Links to conditions, drugs and the senses appear automatically if we write them.

What the study found

Who was studied 16,559 African ancestry men, 26,193 African ancestry women; replicated in 2,458 African ancestry men, 7,685 African ancestry women, 152,893 European ancestry men, 171,977 European ancestry women.

The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 0.175 higher (95% confidence interval 0.12-0.23); p = 7 × 10⁻⁹.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 2% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 5, band 5p15.33 — between genes, 7.1 kb from Y_RNA.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Body mass index (adult). 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 (adult). That is a smaller link than two copies.

G/G No copy of the version the research linked to Body mass index (adult). This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.

Source

Discovery and fine-mapping of adiposity loci using high density imputation of genome-wide association studies in individuals of African ancestry: African Ancestry Anthropometry Genetics Consortium

Ng MCY, Graff M, Lu Y, Justice AE, Mudgal P, Liu CT, Young K, Yanek LR, Feitosa MF, Wojczynski MK, Rand K, Brody JA

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Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study (BMDCS) Group

PLoS genetics · 2017 · PMID 28430825 · open access

Questions about rs112778462

What is rs112778462?

rs112778462 is a single position in the genome, in or near the IRX2 gene. Published research associates it with body mass index (adult). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs112778462 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 rs112778462 come from?

GWAS Catalog, PLoS Genet 2017, PMID:28430825. 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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