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Positive affect

near OR2B8 · rs149979

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What the study found

Who was studied 410,603 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 0.00955 lower (95% confidence interval 0.0067-0.0124); p = 4 × 10⁻¹¹.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 23% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 6, band 6p22.1 — in an intron of ZSCAN16-AS1.

What each result means

A/A Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Positive affect compared to the general population.

A/G Published research associates this genotype (one copy of the reported risk allele) with an intermediate association with Positive affect.

G/G Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Positive affect — no copies of the reported risk allele.

Source

Multivariate genome-wide analyses of the well-being spectrum

Baselmans BML, Jansen R, Ip HF, van Dongen J, Abdellaoui A, van de Weijer MP, Bao Y, Smart M, Kumari M, Willemsen G, Hottenga JJ, Boomsma DI

and 3 more — show all

de Geus EJC, Nivard MG, Bartels M

BIOS consortium · Social Science Genetic Association Consortium

Nature genetics · 2019 · PMID 30643256

Questions about rs149979

What is rs149979?

rs149979 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near OR2B8 gene. Published research associates it with positive affect. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs149979 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 rs149979 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nat Genet 2019, PMID:30643256. 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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