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Alcohol consumption (drinks per week)

TNRC6A · rs17177078

Where this position leads

Condition: Alcohol Consumption

rs17177078 Condition: Alcohol Consumption Alcohol Consumption Condition rs17177078 rs17177078 TNRC6A

What the study found

Who was studied up to 357,854 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.0327 lower (95% confidence interval 0.022-0.044); p = 4 × 10−9.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 6% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 16, band 16p12.1 — in an intron of TNRC6A.

What each result means

C/C Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Alcohol consumption (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 Alcohol consumption (drinks per week).
T/T Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Alcohol consumption (drinks per week) compared to the general population.
Source
Exome Chip Meta-analysis Fine Maps Causal Variants and Elucidates the Genetic Architecture of Rare Coding Variants in Smoking and Alcohol Use
Brazel DM, Jiang Y, Hughey JM, Turcot V, Zhan X, Gong J, Batini C, Weissenkampen JD, Liu M, Barnes DR, Bertelsen S, Chou YL
and 59 more — show all
Erzurumluoglu AM, Faul JD, Haessler J, Hammerschlag AR, Hsu C, Kapoor M, Lai D, Le N, de Leeuw CA, Loukola A, Mangino M, Melbourne CA, Pistis G, Qaiser B, Rohde R, Shao Y, Stringham H, Wetherill L, Zhao W, Agrawal A, Bierut L, Chen C, Eaton CB, Goate A, Haiman C, Heath A, Iacono WG, Martin NG, Polderman TJ, Reiner A, Rice J, Schlessinger D, Scholte HS, Smith JA, Tardif JC, Tindle HA, van der Leij AR, Boehnke M, Chang-Claude J, Cucca F, David SP, Foroud T, Howson JMM, Kardia SLR, Kooperberg C, Laakso M, Lettre G, Madden P, McGue M, North K, Posthuma D, Spector T, Stram D, Tobin MD, Weir DR, Kaprio J, Abecasis GR, Liu DJ, Vrieze S
CHD Exome+ Consortium · Consortium for Genetics of Smoking Behaviour
Biological psychiatry · 2019 · PMID 30679032

Questions about rs17177078

What is rs17177078?

rs17177078 is a single position in the genome, in or near the TNRC6A gene. Published research associates it with alcohol consumption (drinks per week). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs17177078 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Alcohol Consumption. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs17177078 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 rs17177078 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Biol Psychiatry 2018, PMID:30679032. 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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