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HDL cholesterol levels

NPC1 · rs2435307

What the study found

Who was studied 403,943 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the C allele shifted the measure 0.0161 lower (95% confidence interval 0.012-0.02); p = 3 × 10−17.

How common The C allele had a frequency of about 51% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 18, band 18q11.2 — in an intron of NPC1.

What ClinVar records

Classification Benign for Niemann-Pick disease, type C1; criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts (2 of 4 stars, 3 submitters), last evaluated 2021-06-10. ClinVar record 1172933 NM_000271.5(NPC1):c.1757+60G>A

What this is ClinVar's aggregate record for this position (as of its 2026-10-12 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

C/C Two copies of the version the research linked to HDL cholesterol levels. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to HDL cholesterol levels. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T No copy of the version the research linked to HDL cholesterol levels. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs2435307

What is rs2435307?

rs2435307 is a single position in the genome, in or near the NPC1 gene. Published research associates it with hdl cholesterol levels. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs2435307 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 rs2435307 come from?

GWAS Catalog, PLoS medicine 2020, PMID:32203549. 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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