EIF2B3 · rs263978
Where this position leads
Condition: Celiac Disease
What the study found
Who was studied 394,642 European ancestry individuals.
The effect Each copy of the C allele shifted the measure 0.0128 higher (95% confidence interval 0.009-0.0166); p = 3 × 10−12.
How common The C allele had a frequency of about 55% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 1, band 1p34.1 — in an intron of EIF2B3.
What ClinVar records
Classification
Benign; criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts (2 of 4 stars, 3 submitters), last evaluated 2021-05-11.
ClinVar record 261222 NM_020365.5(EIF2B3):c.656+35A>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.
rs263978 is a single position in the genome, in or near the EIF2B3 gene. Published research associates it with platelet distribution width (ukb data field 30110). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Celiac Disease. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.
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.
GWAS Catalog, Nature genetics 2025, PMID:39789286. 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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Platelet distribution width (UKB data field 30110) (rs263978). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs263978