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Ascending aorta diameter

USP15 · rs17661264

What the study found

Who was studied 32,215 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the C allele shifted the measure 0.07 higher; p = 5 × 10−9.

How common The C allele had a frequency of about 11% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 12, band 12q14.1 — in the 3′ untranslated region of USP15.

What each result means

C/C Two copies of the version the research linked to Ascending aorta diameter. 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 Ascending aorta diameter. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T No copy of the version the research linked to Ascending aorta diameter. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs17661264

What is rs17661264?

rs17661264 is a single position in the genome, in or near the USP15 gene. Published research associates it with ascending aorta diameter. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs17661264 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 rs17661264 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature genetics 2022, PMID:35637384. 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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