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Suicide attempts in major depressive disorder

ARL5B · rs45593736

Where this position leads

Condition: Major Depressive Disorder

rs45593736 Condition: Major Depressive Disorder Major Depressive Disorder Condition rs45593736 rs45593736 ARL5B

What the study found

Who was studied 1,622 European ancestry attempters, 8,786 European ancestry nonattempters.

The effect Each copy of the A allele carried 2.38 times the odds of Suicide attempts in major depressive disorder (95% confidence interval 1.75-3.23); p = 3 × 10−8.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 2% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 10, band 10p12.31 — in an intron of ARL5B.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Suicide attempts in major depressive disorder. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
A/G One copy of the version the research linked to Suicide attempts in major depressive disorder. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G No copy of the version the research linked to Suicide attempts in major depressive disorder. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs45593736

What is rs45593736?

rs45593736 is a single position in the genome, in or near the ARL5B gene. Published research associates it with suicide attempts in major depressive disorder. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs45593736 linked to?

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

Does having rs45593736 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 rs45593736 come from?

GWAS Catalog, The American journal of psychiatry 2019, PMID:31164008. 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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