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ACAN · rs2280470

Where this position leads

Condition: Height

rs2280470 Condition: Height Height Condition rs2280470 rs2280470 ACAN

What the study found

Who was studied 8,097 European ancestry tall individuals, 8,099 European ancestry short individuals; replicated in 4,872 European ancestry tall individuals, 4,831 European ancestry short individuals.

The effect Each copy of the A allele carried 1.18 times the odds of Height; p = 1 × 10−15.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 33% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 15, band 15q26.1 — in an intron of ACAN.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Height. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
A/G One copy of the version the research linked to Height. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G No copy of the version the research linked to Height. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs2280470

What is rs2280470?

rs2280470 is a single position in the genome, in or near the ACAN gene. Published research associates it with height. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs2280470 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Height. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs2280470 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 rs2280470 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nat Genet 2013, PMID:23563607. 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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