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Milky sweets liking

TUFM · rs3088215

What the study found

Who was studied 159,393 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the C allele shifted the measure 0.0973 higher (95% confidence interval 0.072-0.123); p = 7 × 10−14.

How common The C allele had a frequency of about 40% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 16, band 16p11.2 — in the 3′ untranslated region of TUFM.

What each result means

A/A No copy of the version the research linked to Milky sweets liking. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
A/C One copy of the version the research linked to Milky sweets liking. That is a smaller link than two copies.
C/C Two copies of the version the research linked to Milky sweets liking. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs3088215

What is rs3088215?

rs3088215 is a single position in the genome, in or near the TUFM gene. Published research associates it with milky sweets liking. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs3088215 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 rs3088215 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature communications 2022, PMID:35585065. 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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