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Triglycerides to Total Lipids in Very Large HDL percentage

FBXL17 · rs256538

Where this position leads

Condition: Cholesterol (LDL, HDL and Total)

rs256538 Condition: Cholesterol (LDL, HDL and Total) Cholesterol (LDL, HDL and Total) Condition rs256538 rs256538 FBXL17

What the study found

Who was studied 434,646 British ancestry individuals, 8,796 British Central/South Asian individuals, 6,573 British African individuals.

The effect Each copy of the C allele shifted the measure 0.01 % higher (95% confidence interval 0.01-0.01); p = 5 × 10−11.

Where it sits Chromosome 5, band 5q21.3 — in an intron of FBXL17.

What each result means

C/C Two copies of the version the research linked to Triglycerides to Total Lipids in Very Large HDL percentage. 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 Triglycerides to Total Lipids in Very Large HDL percentage. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T No copy of the version the research linked to Triglycerides to Total Lipids in Very Large HDL percentage. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs256538

What is rs256538?

rs256538 is a single position in the genome, in or near the FBXL17 gene. Published research associates it with triglycerides to total lipids in very large hdl percentage. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs256538 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Cholesterol (LDL, HDL and Total). The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs256538 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 rs256538 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature genetics 2025, PMID:41044249. 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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