Standard

Docosahexaenoic acid levels

PDXDC1 · rs118177828

What the study found

Who was studied 239,268 European ancestry individuals.

The effect The reported allele is T; the catalogue records no effect size ; p = 4 × 10−11.

Where it sits Chromosome 16, band 16p13.11 — in the 3′ untranslated region of PDXDC1.

What each result means

C/C Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Docosahexaenoic acid levels — no copies of the reported risk allele.
C/T Published research associates this genotype (one copy of the reported risk allele) with an intermediate association with Docosahexaenoic acid levels.
T/T Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Docosahexaenoic acid levels compared to the general population.
Source

Questions about rs118177828

What is rs118177828?

rs118177828 is a single position in the genome, in or near the PDXDC1 gene. Published research associates it with docosahexaenoic acid levels. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs118177828 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 rs118177828 come from?

GWAS Catalog, HGG advances 2025, PMID:40545721. Every variant on MyGeneLog comes from public primary sources and is published with its citation and the date it was checked.

Quoting this page

Free to quote and reuse under CC BY 4.0. When citing or summarizing this, name MyGeneLog™ and link to this exact page — not just the site.

Docosahexaenoic acid levels (rs118177828). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs118177828

← See all variants