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Tinnitus

PRKG1 · rs16915908

Strength of the evidence

1 / 4

Its strongest genetic-study result is p = 10−8, with 1 associations in the GWAS Catalog.

How this is scored

4: ClinVar disease-causing, reviewed by an expert panel or a guideline (3–4 stars). 3: ClinVar, several labs agreeing (2 stars), or a genetic study at p ≤ 10−50. 2: ClinVar from one lab (1 star), or p ≤ 10−20. 1: ClinVar submitted without criteria (0 stars), or genome-wide significance (p ≤ 5×10−8). The higher of the two counts. It says how solid the evidence is, not whether it matters for a particular person.

What the study found

Who was studied 481,874 European ancestry individuals, 11,819 Hispanic cases, 20,869 Hispanic controls, 18,216 African ancestry cases, 64,127 African ancestry controls.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 5.79 z score higher; p = 7 × 10−9.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 97% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 10, band 10q21.1 — in an intron of PRKG1.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Tinnitus. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Tinnitus. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Tinnitus. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs16915908

What is rs16915908?

rs16915908 is a single position in the genome, in or near the PRKG1 gene. Published research associates it with tinnitus. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs16915908 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 rs16915908 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature communications 2024, PMID:38242899. 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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