Sensitive

Alcohol use disorder (consumption score)

KLB · rs13146907

Where this position leads

Condition: Alcohol Use Disorder

rs13146907 Condition: Alcohol Use Disorder Alcohol Use Disorder Condition rs13146907 rs13146907 KLB

What the study found

Who was studied 296,989 European ancestry individuals, 80,764 African American individuals, 31,877 Hispanic American individuals.

The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 8.21 z score higher; p = 2 × 10−16.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 61% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 4, band 4p14 — in an intron of KLB.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Alcohol use disorder (consumption score). That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
A/G One copy of the version the research linked to Alcohol use disorder (consumption score). That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G No copy of the version the research linked to Alcohol use disorder (consumption score). This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
Source

Questions about rs13146907

What is rs13146907?

rs13146907 is a single position in the genome, in or near the KLB gene. Published research associates it with alcohol use disorder (consumption score). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs13146907 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Alcohol Use Disorder. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs13146907 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 rs13146907 come from?

GWAS Catalog, The American journal of psychiatry 2023, PMID:37282553. 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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