near MC4R · rs1379443
Where this position leads
Condition: Type 2 Diabetes
What the study found
Who was studied 2,765 Qatari ancestry cases, 8,671 Qatari ancestry controls, 180,834 European ancestry cases, 1,159,055 European ancestry controls, 180,834 East Asian ancestry cases, 1,159,055 East Asian ancestry controls, 180,834 South Asian ancestry cases, 1,159,055 South Asian ancestry controls, 180,834 African ancestry cases, 1,159,055 African ancestry controls, 180,834 Hispanic or Latin American cases, 1,159,055 Hispanic or Latin American controls.
The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 0.0302 lower (95% confidence interval 0.02-0.04); p = 2 × 10−9.
Where it sits Chromosome 18, band 18q21.32 — between genes, 103.4 kb from MC4R.
rs1379443 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near MC4R gene. Published research associates it with type 2 diabetes. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Type 2 Diabetes. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.
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.
GWAS Catalog, BMC medical genomics 2024, PMID:38685053. 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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