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Smoking initiation

CASC15 · rs4083995

What the study found

Who was studied 3,382,012 European ancestry, East Asian ancestry, Hispanic or Latin American, African ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.00376 higher (95% confidence interval 0.0022-0.0053); p = 3 × 10−10.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 62% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 6, band 6p22.3 — inside CASC15.

What each result means

C/C Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Smoking initiation — 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 Smoking initiation.
T/T Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Smoking initiation compared to the general population.
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Questions about rs4083995

What is rs4083995?

rs4083995 is a single position in the genome, in or near the CASC15 gene. Published research associates it with smoking initiation. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs4083995 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 rs4083995 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature 2022, PMID:36477530. 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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