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Giant cell arteritis

PLG · rs4252114

What the study found

Who was studied 3,498 European ancestry cases, 15,550 European ancestry controls.

The effect Each copy of the C allele carried 1.25 times the odds of Giant cell arteritis (95% confidence interval 1.18-1.32); p = 1 × 10−13.

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

What each result means

C/C Two copies of the version the research linked to Giant cell arteritis. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Giant cell arteritis. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T No copy of the version the research linked to Giant cell arteritis. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs4252114

What is rs4252114?

rs4252114 is a single position in the genome, in or near the PLG gene. Published research associates it with giant cell arteritis. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs4252114 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 rs4252114 come from?

GWAS Catalog, The Lancet. Rheumatology 2024, PMID:38734017. 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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