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Ascending aorta distensibility (MTAG)

CAST · rs201281936

What the study found

Who was studied 29,895 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 0.05 lower; p = 5 × 10−28.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 64% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 5, band 5q15 — in an intron of CAST.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Ascending aorta distensibility (MTAG). 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 Ascending aorta distensibility (MTAG). That is a smaller link than two copies.
C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Ascending aorta distensibility (MTAG). This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs201281936

What is rs201281936?

rs201281936 is a single position in the genome, in or near the CAST gene. Published research associates it with ascending aorta distensibility (mtag). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs201281936 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 rs201281936 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature communications 2022, PMID:35922433. 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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