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Waist-hip ratio

near MKX · rs1494204

Where this position leads

Condition: Waist-to-Hip Ratio (Body Fat Distribution)

What the study found

Who was studied 697,734 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.0106 lower (95% confidence interval 0.0071-0.0141); p = 4 × 10⁻⁹.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 42% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 10, band 10p12.1 — between genes, 20.8 kb from LINC02680.

What each result means

C/C Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Waist-hip ratio — no copies of the reported risk allele.

C/T Published research associates this genotype (one copy of the reported risk allele) with an intermediate association with Waist-hip ratio.

T/T Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Waist-hip ratio compared to the general population.

Source

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for body fat distribution in 694 649 individuals of European ancestry

Pulit SL, Stoneman C, Morris AP, Wood AR, Glastonbury CA, Tyrrell J, Yengo L, Ferreira T, Marouli E, Ji Y, Yang J, Jones S

and 10 more — show all

Beaumont R, Croteau-Chonka DC, Winkler TW, Hattersley AT, Loos RJF, Hirschhorn JN, Visscher PM, Frayling TM, Yaghootkar H, Lindgren CM

GIANT Consortium

Human molecular genetics · 2019 · PMID 30239722 · open access

Questions about rs1494204

What is rs1494204?

rs1494204 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near MKX gene. Published research associates it with waist-hip ratio. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs1494204 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Waist-to-Hip Ratio (Body Fat Distribution). The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs1494204 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 rs1494204 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Hum Mol Genet 2018, PMID:30239722. 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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