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Urinary zinc levels

PRLR · rs138587215

What the study found

Who was studied 10,103 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.056 higher; p = 5 × 10−8.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 1% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 5, band 5p13.2 — in an intron of PRLR.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Urinary zinc levels. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Urinary zinc levels. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Urinary zinc levels. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs138587215

What is rs138587215?

rs138587215 is a single position in the genome, in or near the PRLR gene. Published research associates it with urinary zinc levels. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs138587215 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 rs138587215 come from?

GWAS Catalog, PLoS genetics 2025, PMID:41325371. 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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