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Who was studied 4,600 European ancestry cases, 2,941 European ancestry controls; replicated in 7,779 European ancestry cases, 7,623 European ancestry controls.
The effect
Each copy of the A allele carried 1.65 times the odds of Prostate cancer (95% confidence interval 1.39-1.95); p = 5 × 10−9.
How common The A allele had a frequency of about 3% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 8, band 8q24.21 — in an intron of CASC19.
What each result means
A/ATwo copies of the version the research linked to Prostate cancer. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
A/COne copy of the version the research linked to Prostate cancer. That is a smaller link than two copies.
C/CNo copy of the version the research linked to Prostate cancer. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
Papers in Europe PMC whose title or abstract names both this rsID and that subject. A shared paper means somebody wrote about the two together — it is not a claim that this position explains the subject.
Questions about rs16901979
What is rs16901979?
rs16901979 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near POU5F1B gene. Published research associates it with prostate cancer. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
What conditions is rs16901979 linked to?
On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Prostate Cancer. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.
What do people read about alongside rs16901979?
Subjects that appear in the title or abstract of the same papers as this rsID include alcohol and the flush (2 papers), infection and immunity (1 papers). A shared paper means somebody wrote about the two together; it is not a claim that this position explains the topic.
Does having rs16901979 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 rs16901979 come from?
GWAS Catalog, Nat Commun 2015, PMID:25939597. 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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