Sensitive

Substance use disorder

ADH1C · rs141973904

Where this position leads

Condition: Substance Use Disorder

rs141973904 Condition: Substance Use Disorder Substance Use Disorder Condition rs141973904 rs141973904 ADH1C

What the study found

Who was studied 58,370 mixed American ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 6.86 lower; p = 7 × 10−12.

Where it sits Chromosome 4, band 4q23 — in an intron of ADH1C.

What each result means

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

Questions about rs141973904

What is rs141973904?

rs141973904 is a single position in the genome, in or near the ADH1C gene. Published research associates it with substance use disorder. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs141973904 linked to?

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

Does having rs141973904 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 rs141973904 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Molecular psychiatry 2026, PMID:41057643. 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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