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Carotid intima media thickness

near SMILR · rs3935838

What the study found

Who was studied 98,843 European ancestry individuals, 612 Asian ancestry individuals, 291 Black individuals, 215 Mixed ancestry individuals, 292 individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.005 higher (95% confidence interval 0.003-0.007); p = 2 × 10−11.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 54% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 8, band 8q24.13 — between genes, 21.9 kb from SMILR.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Carotid intima media thickness. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Carotid intima media thickness. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Carotid intima media thickness. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs3935838

What is rs3935838?

rs3935838 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near SMILR gene. Published research associates it with carotid intima media thickness. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs3935838 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 rs3935838 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2022, PMID:34852643. 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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