Standard
Drinks per week
OLA1 · rs16862488
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What the study found
Who was studied 2,965,643 European ancestry, East Asian ancestry, Hispanic or Latin American, African ancestry individuals.
The effect
Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.00885 lower (95% confidence interval 0.0066-0.0111); p = 4 × 10−15.
How common The T allele had a frequency of about 15% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 2, band 2q31.1 — in an intron of OLA1.
What each result means
C/C
Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Drinks per week — 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 Drinks per week.
T/T
Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Drinks per week compared to the general population.
Source
Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use
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Nature · 2022 · PMID 36477530 · open access
Questions about rs16862488
What is rs16862488?
rs16862488 is a single position in the genome, in or near the OLA1 gene. Published research associates it with drinks per week. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
Does having rs16862488 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 rs16862488 come from?
GWAS Catalog, Nature 2022, PMID:36477530. 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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