VPS13C · rs12594218
Where this position leads
Condition: Obesity and Body Weight
What the study found
Who was studied 153,950 Korean ancestry individuals.
The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.0229 lower (95% confidence interval 0.017-0.029); p = 5 × 10−13.
How common The T allele had a frequency of about 17% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 15, band 15q22.2 — in an intron of VPS13C.
What ClinVar records
Classification
Benign; criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts (2 of 4 stars, 2 submitters), last evaluated 2021-05-17.
ClinVar record 1283167 NM_020821.3(VPS13C):c.2758-90G>A
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.
rs12594218 is a single position in the genome, in or near the VPS13C gene. Published research associates it with weight. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Obesity and Body Weight. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.
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.
GWAS Catalog, Nature communications 2025, PMID:40436827. 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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