Sensitive

Type 2 diabetes

WFS1 · rs4458523

Where this position leads

Condition: Type 2 Diabetes

rs4458523 Condition: Type 2 Diabetes Type 2 Diabetes Condition rs4458523 rs4458523 WFS1

What the study found

Who was studied 12,171 European ancestry cases, 56,862 European ancestry controls, 6,952 East Asian ancestry cases, 11,865 East Asian ancestry controls, 5,561 South Asian ancestry cases, 14,458 South Asian ancestry controls, 1,804 Mexican ancestry cases, 779 Mexican ancestry controls; replicated in 21,491 European ancestry cases, 55,647 European ancestry controls.

The effect Each copy of the G allele carried 1.09 times the odds of Type 2 diabetes (95% confidence interval 1.06-1.13); p = 2 × 10−9.

How common The G allele had a frequency of about 59% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 4, band 4p16.1 — in an intron of WFS1.

What each result means

G/G Two copies of the version the research linked to Type 2 diabetes. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
G/T One copy of the version the research linked to Type 2 diabetes. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T No copy of the version the research linked to Type 2 diabetes. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
Source

Questions about rs4458523

What is rs4458523?

rs4458523 is a single position in the genome, in or near the WFS1 gene. Published research associates it with type 2 diabetes. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs4458523 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Type 2 Diabetes. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs4458523 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 rs4458523 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nat Genet 2014, PMID:24509480. 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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