TSC2 · rs17654678
Where this position leads
Condition: Height
What the study found
Who was studied 405,540 European ancestry individuals.
The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.0175 lower (95% confidence interval 0.013-0.022); p = 7 × 10−17.
How common The T allele had a frequency of about 89% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 16, band 16p13.3 — in an intron of TSC2.
What ClinVar records
Classification
Benign; criteria provided, single submitter (1 of 4 stars, 1 submitter), last evaluated 2018-06-25.
ClinVar record 1292780 NM_000548.5(TSC2):c.1599+216T>G
What this is ClinVar's aggregate record for this position (as of its 2026-10-19 release), not a result about you. A classification describes the variant against the condition named, as laboratories submitted it. Whether a person carries this variant, and what that would mean for them, is a question for a clinical test and a genetic counsellor.
rs17654678 is a single position in the genome, in or near the TSC2 gene. Published research associates it with height (baseline). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Height. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.
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.
GWAS Catalog, Nature communications 2025, PMID:40374629. 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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