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Hair colour (natural, before greying): Dark brown (UKB data field 1747_4)

APBA2 · rs28398028

What the study found

Who was studied 171,614 European ancestry cases, 283,550 European ancestry controls.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.55 higher (95% confidence interval 0.4-0.7); p = 1 × 10−12.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 0% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 15, band 15q13.1 — in an intron of APBA2.

What each result means

C/C Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Hair colour (natural, before greying): Dark brown (UKB data field 1747_4) — no copies of the reported risk allele.
C/T Published research associates this genotype (one copy of the reported risk allele) with an intermediate association with Hair colour (natural, before greying): Dark brown (UKB data field 1747_4).
T/T Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Hair colour (natural, before greying): Dark brown (UKB data field 1747_4) compared to the general population.
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Questions about rs28398028

What is rs28398028?

rs28398028 is a single position in the genome, in or near the APBA2 gene. Published research associates it with hair colour (natural, before greying): dark brown (ukb data field 1747_4). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs28398028 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 rs28398028 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature genetics 2021, PMID:34737426. 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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