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Smoking initiation

KIF4B · rs1385108

What the study found

Who was studied 842,717 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele carried 1.02 times the odds of Smoking initiation; p = 2 × 10−9.

Where it sits Chromosome 5, band 5q33.2 — between genes, 347.8 kb from RPL6P32.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Smoking initiation. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Smoking initiation. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Smoking initiation. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs1385108

What is rs1385108?

rs1385108 is a single position in the genome, in or near the KIF4B gene. Published research associates it with smoking initiation. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs1385108 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 rs1385108 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature communications 2020, PMID:33082346. 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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