Sensitive

Type 2 diabetes

KCNQ1 · rs231362

Where this position leads

Solid lines are connections this site curates. Dashed lines mean the two ends share a research paper — worth knowing, and not a claim that one explains the other.

What the study found

Who was studied 8,130 European ancestry cases, 38,987 European ancestry controls; replicated in Up to 34,412 European ancestry cases, 59,925 European ancestry controls.

The effect Each copy of the G allele carried 1.08 times the odds of Type 2 diabetes (95% confidence interval 1.06-1.10); p = 3 × 10⁻¹³.

Where it sits Chromosome 11, band 11p15.5 — in a non-coding transcript of KCNQ1OT1.

What ClinVar records

Classification Benign for KCNQ1-related disorder; criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts (2 of 4 stars, 3 submitters), last evaluated 2021-02-24. ClinVar record 1256894 NM_000218.3(KCNQ1):c.1514+8160A>G

What this is ClinVar's aggregate record for this position (as of its 2026-10-19 release), not a result about you. A classification describes the variant against the condition named, as laboratories submitted it. Whether a person carries this variant, and what that would mean for them, is a question for a clinical test and a genetic counsellor.

What each result means

A/A No copy of the version the research linked to Type 2 diabetes. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.

A/G One copy of the version the research linked to Type 2 diabetes. That is a smaller link than two copies.

G/G Two copies of the version the research linked to Type 2 diabetes. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.

Source

Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

Voight BF, Scott LJ, Steinthorsdottir V, Morris AP, Dina C, Welch RP, Zeggini E, Huth C, Aulchenko YS, Thorleifsson G, McCulloch LJ, Ferreira T

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MAGIC investigators · GIANT Consortium

Nature genetics · 2010 · PMID 20581827

What people read about alongside this

Blood sugar and insulin9 Kidneys1

Papers in Europe PMC whose title or abstract names both this rsID and that subject. A shared paper means somebody wrote about the two together — it is not a claim that this position explains the subject.

Questions about rs231362

What is rs231362?

rs231362 is a single position in the genome, in or near the KCNQ1 gene. Published research associates it with type 2 diabetes. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs231362 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Type 2 Diabetes. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

What do people read about alongside rs231362?

Subjects that appear in the title or abstract of the same papers as this rsID include blood sugar and insulin (9 papers), kidneys (1 papers). A shared paper means somebody wrote about the two together; it is not a claim that this position explains the topic.

Does having rs231362 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 rs231362 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nat Genet 2010, PMID:20581827. 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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