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Smoking behaviour (maximum cigarettes in a 24 hour period)

CLEC19A · rs2353663

What the study found

Who was studied 1,711 Finnish ancestry ever smoker individuals from up to 739 families.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 6.04 higher (95% confidence interval 4.00-8.07); p = 7 × 10−9.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 6% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 16, band 16p12.3 — between genes, 3.6 kb from LINC02858.

What each result means

G/G Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Smoking behaviour (maximum cigarettes in a 24 hour period) — no copies of the reported risk allele.
G/T Published research associates this genotype (one copy of the reported risk allele) with an intermediate association with Smoking behaviour (maximum cigarettes in a 24 hour period).
T/T Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Smoking behaviour (maximum cigarettes in a 24 hour period) compared to the general population.
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Questions about rs2353663

What is rs2353663?

rs2353663 is a single position in the genome, in or near the CLEC19A gene. Published research associates it with smoking behaviour (maximum cigarettes in a 24 hour period). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs2353663 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 rs2353663 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Addict Biol 2018, PMID:29532581. 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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