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Saturated fatty acids levels

PLG · rs4252091

Strength of the evidence

1 / 4

Its strongest genetic-study result is p = 10−12, with 4 associations in the GWAS Catalog.

How this is scored

4: ClinVar disease-causing, reviewed by an expert panel or a guideline (3–4 stars). 3: ClinVar, several labs agreeing (2 stars), or a genetic study at p ≤ 10−50. 2: ClinVar from one lab (1 star), or p ≤ 10−20. 1: ClinVar submitted without criteria (0 stars), or genome-wide significance (p ≤ 5×10−8). The higher of the two counts. It says how solid the evidence is, not whether it matters for a particular person.

What the study found

Who was studied 239,268 European ancestry individuals.

The effect The reported allele is G; the catalogue records no effect size ; p = 1 × 10−12.

Where it sits Chromosome 6, band 6q26 — in an intron of PLG.

How common each version is

AG
World gnomAD
A 91.6% · G 8.4%
World 1000 Genomes
A 91.1% · G 8.9%
World TOPMed
A 90.8% · G 9.2%

The share of all copies of this position that are each version. Source: the population studies published in dbSNP (US NCBI); each row names its study. No Korean figure for this position yet.

What each result means

A/A No copy of the version the research linked to Saturated fatty acids levels. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
A/G One copy of the version the research linked to Saturated fatty acids levels. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G Two copies of the version the research linked to Saturated fatty acids levels. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs4252091

What is rs4252091?

rs4252091 is a single position in the genome, in or near the PLG gene. Published research associates it with saturated fatty acids levels. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs4252091 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 rs4252091 come from?

GWAS Catalog, HGG advances 2025, PMID:40545721. 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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Saturated fatty acids levels (rs4252091). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs4252091

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