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HDL cholesterol

VPS4A · rs16958751

What the study found

Who was studied 215,551 European ancestry individuals, 57,332 African American individuals, 24,743 Hispanic individuals; replicated in Up to 319,677 individuals.

The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 0.0508 mg dl-1 higher (95% confidence interval 0.035-0.067); p = 3 × 10−10.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 4% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 16, band 16q22.1 — in an intron of VPS4A.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to HDL cholesterol. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
A/G One copy of the version the research linked to HDL cholesterol. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G No copy of the version the research linked to HDL cholesterol. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs16958751

What is rs16958751?

rs16958751 is a single position in the genome, in or near the VPS4A gene. Published research associates it with hdl cholesterol. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs16958751 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 rs16958751 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature genetics 2018, PMID:30275531. 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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