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Smoking initiation

near WDR72 · rs12910175

Strength of the evidence

1 / 4

Its strongest genetic-study result is p = 10−13, with 2 associations in the GWAS Catalog.

How this is scored

4: ClinVar disease-causing, reviewed by an expert panel or a guideline (3–4 stars). 3: ClinVar, several labs agreeing (2 stars), or a genetic study at p ≤ 10−50. 2: ClinVar from one lab (1 star), or p ≤ 10−20. 1: ClinVar submitted without criteria (0 stars), or genome-wide significance (p ≤ 5×10−8). The higher of the two counts. It says how solid the evidence is, not whether it matters for a particular person.

What the study found

Who was studied 2,669,029 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the C allele shifted the measure 0.00658 higher (95% confidence interval 0.0048-0.0083); p = 2 × 10−13.

How common The C allele had a frequency of about 37% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 15, band 15q21.3 — between genes, 3 kb from WDR72.

What each result means

C/C Two copies of the version the research linked to Smoking initiation. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Smoking initiation. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T No copy of the version the research linked to Smoking initiation. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs12910175

What is rs12910175?

rs12910175 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near WDR72 gene. Published research associates it with smoking initiation. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs12910175 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 rs12910175 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature 2022, PMID:36477530. 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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