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Brain age gap

NSF · rs199491

What the study found

Who was studied 35,702 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.214 higher (95% confidence interval 0.16-0.27); p = 1 × 10−13.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 23% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 17, band 17q21.31 — in an intron of NSF.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Brain age gap. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Brain age gap. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Brain age gap. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs199491

What is rs199491?

rs199491 is a single position in the genome, in or near the NSF gene. Published research associates it with brain age gap. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs199491 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 rs199491 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics 2025, PMID:40795387. 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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