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Phosphatidylcholine_33:4_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidylethanolamine_36:4_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidate_38:5_[M+NH4]1+ levels

ALDH1A2 · rs17821316

Strength of the evidence

3 / 4

Its strongest genetic-study result is p = 10−58, with 11 associations in the GWAS Catalog.

How this is scored

4: ClinVar disease-causing, reviewed by an expert panel or a guideline (3–4 stars). 3: ClinVar, several labs agreeing (2 stars), or a genetic study at p ≤ 10−50. 2: ClinVar from one lab (1 star), or p ≤ 10−20. 1: ClinVar submitted without criteria (0 stars), or genome-wide significance (p ≤ 5×10−8). The higher of the two counts. It says how solid the evidence is, not whether it matters for a particular person.

What the study found

Who was studied 13,814 British ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 0.191 higher (95% confidence interval 0.17-0.21); p = 2 × 10−58.

Where it sits Chromosome 15, band 15q21.3 — inside ALDH1A2.

How common each version is

AC
Korean KRGDB
A 87.1% · C 12.9%
Korean Korea4K
A 86.8% · C 13.2%
Japanese ToMMo
A 88.0% · C 12.0%
Vietnamese
A 88.4% · C 11.6%
World gnomAD
A 59.3% · C 40.7%
World 1000 Genomes
A 71.0% · C 29.0%
World TOPMed
A 60.2% · C 39.9%

The share of all copies of this position that are each version. Source: the population studies published in dbSNP (US NCBI); each row names its study.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Phosphatidylcholine_33:4_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidylethanolamine_36:4_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidate_38:5_[M+NH4]1+ levels. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
A/C One copy of the version the research linked to Phosphatidylcholine_33:4_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidylethanolamine_36:4_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidate_38:5_[M+NH4]1+ levels. That is a smaller link than two copies.
C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Phosphatidylcholine_33:4_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidylethanolamine_36:4_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidate_38:5_[M+NH4]1+ levels. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs17821316

What is rs17821316?

rs17821316 is a single position in the genome, in or near the ALDH1A2 gene. Published research associates it with phosphatidylcholine_33:4_[m+h]1+/phosphatidylethanolamine_36:4_[m+h]1+/phosphatidate_38:5_[m+nh4]1+ levels. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs17821316 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 rs17821316 come from?

GWAS Catalog, BMC medicine 2021, PMID:34503513. 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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Phosphatidylcholine_33:4_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidylethanolamine_36:4_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidate_38:5_[M+NH4]1+ levels (rs17821316). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs17821316

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