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HDL cholesterol

TMEM176A · rs17173637

Where this position leads

Condition: Cholesterol (LDL, HDL and Total)

rs17173637 Condition: Cholesterol (LDL, HDL and Total) Cholesterol (LDL, HDL and Total) Condition rs17173637 rs17173637 TMEM176A

What the study found

Who was studied 94,595 European ancestry individuals; replicated in 93,982 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the C allele shifted the measure 0.036 lower; p = 2 × 10−8.

How common The C allele had a frequency of about 12% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 7, band 7q36.1 — in an intron of AOC1.

What each result means

C/C 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.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to HDL cholesterol. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T 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 rs17173637

What is rs17173637?

rs17173637 is a single position in the genome, in or near the TMEM176A 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.

What conditions is rs17173637 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Cholesterol (LDL, HDL and Total). The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs17173637 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 rs17173637 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nat Genet 2013, PMID:24097068. 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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