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Mean corpuscular hemoglobin

FAM234A · rs13331259

Where this position leads

Condition: Blood Cell Counts

rs13331259 Condition: Blood Cell Counts Blood Cell Counts Condition rs13331259 rs13331259 FAM234A

What the study found

Who was studied 11,974 African American or Afro-Caribbean and African ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 0.656 SD units higher (95% confidence interval 0.62-0.69); p = 2 × 10−239.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 88% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 16, band 16p13.3 — in an intron of FAM234A.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Mean corpuscular hemoglobin. 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 Mean corpuscular hemoglobin. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G No copy of the version the research linked to Mean corpuscular hemoglobin. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs13331259

What is rs13331259?

rs13331259 is a single position in the genome, in or near the FAM234A gene. Published research associates it with mean corpuscular hemoglobin. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs13331259 linked to?

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

Does having rs13331259 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 rs13331259 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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