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Diastolic blood pressure

ULK4 · rs3774372

Where this position leads

What the study found

Who was studied up to 165,276 European ancestry individuals, up to 27,487 South Asian ancestry individuals; replicated in up to 125,713 European ancestry individuals, up to 2,641 South Asian ancestry individuals, 4,632 Hispanic individuals, 22,077 African American individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.0254 mmHg lower (95% confidence interval -); p = 3 × 10⁻⁹.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 83% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 3, band 3p22.1 — a missense change in ULK4.

What ClinVar records

Classification Benign for ULK4-related disorder; no assertion criteria provided (0 of 4 stars, 1 submitter), last evaluated 2019-10-21. ClinVar record 3058867 NM_017886.4(ULK4):c.1706A>G (p.Lys569Arg)

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

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Diastolic blood pressure. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.

C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Diastolic blood pressure. That is a smaller link than two copies.

T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Diastolic blood pressure. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.

Source

Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension

Surendran P, Drenos F, Young R, Warren H, Cook JP, Manning AK, Grarup N, Sim X, Barnes DR, Witkowska K, Staley JR, Tragante V

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Nature genetics · 2016 · PMID 27618447 · open access

Questions about rs3774372

What is rs3774372?

rs3774372 is a single position in the genome, in or near the ULK4 gene. Published research associates it with diastolic blood pressure. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs3774372 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Blood Pressure. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs3774372 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 rs3774372 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nat Genet 2016, PMID:27618447. 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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