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Body mass index

FUT8 · rs35949016

Where this position leads

Conditions: Childhood Body Mass Index, Obesity and Body Weight

rs35949016 Condition: Childhood Body Mass Index Childhood Body Mass Index Condition Condition: Obesity and Body Weight Obesity and Body Weight Condition rs35949016 rs35949016 FUT8

What the study found

Who was studied 1,122,049 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the C allele shifted the measure 0.0109 lower (95% confidence interval 0.0074-0.0144); p = 9 × 10−10.

Where it sits Chromosome 14, band 14q23.3 — a missense change in FUT8.

What ClinVar records

Classification Benign for Congenital disorder of glycosylation with defective fucosylation 1, FUT8-related disorder; criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts (2 of 4 stars, 6 submitters), last evaluated 2026-02-01. ClinVar record 1285286 NM_001371533.1(FUT8):c.800C>A (p.Thr267Lys)

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.

What each result means

A/A No copy of the version the research linked to Body mass index. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
A/C One copy of the version the research linked to Body mass index. That is a smaller link than two copies.
C/C Two copies of the version the research linked to Body mass index. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
Source
Genomics and phenomics of body mass index reveals a complex disease network
Huang J, Huffman JE, Huang Y, Do Valle Í, Assimes TL, Raghavan S, Voight BF, Liu C, Barabási AL, Huang RDL, Hui Q, Nguyen XT
and 26 more — show all
Ho YL, Djousse L, Lynch JA, Vujkovic M, Tcheandjieu C, Tang H, Damrauer SM, Reaven PD, Miller D, Phillips LS, Ng MCY, Graff M, Haiman CA, Loos RJF, North KE, Yengo L, Smith GD, Saleheen D, Gaziano JM, Rader DJ, Tsao PS, Cho K, Chang KM, Wilson PWF, Sun YV, O'Donnell CJ
VA Million Veteran Program
Nature communications · 2022 · PMID 36581621 · open access

Questions about rs35949016

What is rs35949016?

rs35949016 is a single position in the genome, in or near the FUT8 gene. Published research associates it with body mass index. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs35949016 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Childhood Body Mass Index, Obesity and Body Weight. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs35949016 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 rs35949016 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature communications 2022, PMID:36581621. 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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