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Eosinophil count

near ME2 · rs12958467

What the study found

Who was studied 583,850 African American or Afro-Caribbean, African ancestry, European ancestry, East Asian ancestry, Hispanic or Latin American and South Asian ancestry individuals.

The effect The reported allele is T; the catalogue records no effect size ; p = 1 × 10−11.

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

Where it sits Chromosome 18, band 18q21.2 — between genes, 1.1 kb from ME2.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Eosinophil count. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Eosinophil count. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Eosinophil count. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs12958467

What is rs12958467?

rs12958467 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near ME2 gene. Published research associates it with eosinophil count. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs12958467 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 rs12958467 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Cell 2020, PMID:32888493. 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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