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Urate levels

MYL2 · rs17550549

What the study found

Who was studied 174,111 European, East Asian, African American, South Asian and Hispanic ancestry men, 172,102 European, East Asian, African American, South Asian and Hispanic ancestry women.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.0524 mg/dL lower (95% confidence interval 0.037-0.068); p = 2 × 10−11.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 16% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 12, band 12q24.11 — in an intron of MYL2.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Urate levels. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Urate levels. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Urate levels. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs17550549

What is rs17550549?

rs17550549 is a single position in the genome, in or near the MYL2 gene. Published research associates it with urate levels. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs17550549 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 rs17550549 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature genetics 2019, PMID:31578528. 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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