Standard
Educational attainment (years of education)
MED26 · rs12462428
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What each result means
C/C
Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Educational attainment (years of education) — 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 Educational attainment (years of education).
T/T
Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Educational attainment (years of education) compared to the general population.
Source
Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment
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Beauchamp JP,
Fontana MA,
Lee JJ,
Pers TH,
Rietveld CA,
Turley P,
Chen GB,
Emilsson V,
Meddens SF,
Oskarsson S,
Pickrell JK
and 243 more — show all
Thom K,
Timshel P,
de Vlaming R,
Abdellaoui A,
Ahluwalia TS,
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Baumbach C,
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Liu T,
Mangino M,
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van der Most PJ,
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Payton A,
Pervjakova N,
Peyrot WJ,
Qian Y,
Raitakari O,
Rueedi R,
Salvi E,
Schmidt B,
Schraut KE,
Shi J,
Smith AV,
Poot RA,
St Pourcain B,
Teumer A,
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Verweij N,
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Yang J,
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Amin N,
Bakshi A,
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Campbell H,
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Davies G,
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Eibich P,
Eisele L,
Eklund N,
Evans DM,
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Feitosa MF,
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Gandin I,
Gunnarsson B,
Halldórsson BV,
Harris TB,
Heath AC,
Hocking LJ,
Holliday EG,
Homuth G,
Horan MA,
Hottenga JJ,
de Jager PL,
Joshi PK,
Jugessur A,
Kaakinen MA,
Kähönen M,
Kanoni S,
Keltigangas-Järvinen L,
Kiemeney LA,
Kolcic I,
Koskinen S,
Kraja AT,
Kroh M,
Kutalik Z,
Latvala A,
Launer LJ,
Lebreton MP,
Levinson DF,
Lichtenstein P,
Lichtner P,
Liewald DC,
Loukola A,
Madden PA,
Mägi R,
Mäki-Opas T,
Marioni RE,
Marques-Vidal P,
Meddens GA,
McMahon G,
Meisinger C,
Meitinger T,
Milaneschi Y,
Milani L,
Montgomery GW,
Myhre R,
Nelson CP,
Nyholt DR,
Ollier WE,
Palotie A,
Paternoster L,
Pedersen NL,
Petrovic KE,
Porteous DJ,
Räikkönen K,
Ring SM,
Robino A,
Rostapshova O,
Rudan I,
Rustichini A,
Salomaa V,
Sanders AR,
Sarin AP,
Schmidt H,
Scott RJ,
Smith BH,
Smith JA,
Staessen JA,
Steinhagen-Thiessen E,
Strauch K,
Terracciano A,
Tobin MD,
Ulivi S,
Vaccargiu S,
Quaye L,
van Rooij FJ,
Venturini C,
Vinkhuyzen AA,
Völker U,
Völzke H,
Vonk JM,
Vozzi D,
Waage J,
Ware EB,
Willemsen G,
Attia JR,
Bennett DA,
Berger K,
Bertram L,
Bisgaard H,
Boomsma DI,
Borecki IB,
Bültmann U,
Chabris CF,
Cucca F,
Cusi D,
Deary IJ,
Dedoussis GV,
van Duijn CM,
Eriksson JG,
Franke B,
Franke L,
Gasparini P,
Gejman PV,
Gieger C,
Grabe HJ,
Gratten J,
Groenen PJ,
Gudnason V,
van der Harst P,
Hayward C,
Hinds DA,
Hoffmann W,
Hyppönen E,
Iacono WG,
Jacobsson B,
Järvelin MR,
Jöckel KH,
Kaprio J,
Kardia SL,
Lehtimäki T,
Lehrer SF,
Magnusson PK,
Martin NG,
McGue M,
Metspalu A,
Pendleton N,
Penninx BW,
Perola M,
Pirastu N,
Pirastu M,
Polasek O,
Posthuma D,
Power C,
Province MA,
Samani NJ,
Schlessinger D,
Schmidt R,
Sørensen TI,
Spector TD,
Stefansson K,
Thorsteinsdottir U,
Thurik AR,
Timpson NJ,
Tiemeier H,
Tung JY,
Uitterlinden AG,
Vitart V,
Vollenweider P,
Weir DR,
Wilson JF,
Wright AF,
Conley DC,
Krueger RF,
Davey Smith G,
Hofman A,
Laibson DI,
Medland SE,
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Yang J,
Johannesson M,
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Nature · 2016 · PMID 27225129 · open access
Questions about rs12462428
What is rs12462428?
rs12462428 is a single position in the genome, in or near the MED26 gene. Published research associates it with educational attainment (years of education). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
Does having rs12462428 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 rs12462428 come from?
GWAS Catalog, Nature 2016, PMID:27225129. 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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