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Smoking status (ever vs never smokers)

TMEM18 · rs13396935

What the study found

Who was studied 518,633 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 0.0191 lower (95% confidence interval 0.014-0.024); p = 4 × 10−13.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 18% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 2, band 2p25.3 — between genes, 10.7 kb from TMEM18.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Smoking status (ever vs never smokers). 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 Smoking status (ever vs never smokers). That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G No copy of the version the research linked to Smoking status (ever vs never smokers). This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs13396935

What is rs13396935?

rs13396935 is a single position in the genome, in or near the TMEM18 gene. Published research associates it with smoking status (ever vs never smokers). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs13396935 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 rs13396935 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature genetics 2019, PMID:30643258. 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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