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Low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels

ABCG8 · rs4953023

Where this position leads

Condition: Cholesterol (LDL, HDL and Total)

rs4953023 Condition: Cholesterol (LDL, HDL and Total) Cholesterol (LDL, HDL and Total) Condition rs4953023 rs4953023 ABCG8

Strength of the evidence

2 / 4

Its strongest genetic-study result is p = 10−32, with 5 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 76,627 European ancestry individuals, 7,795 Hispanic individuals, 6,855 East Asian ancestry individuals, 2,958 African American individuals, 439 South Asian ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the G allele shifted the measure 0.101 higher; p = 3 × 10−32.

Where it sits Chromosome 2, band 2p21 — in an intron of ABCG8.

How common each version is

AG
Korean KRGDB
A 1.0% · G 99.0%
Korean Korea4K
A 1.1% · G 98.9%
Korean Korea1K
A 1.4% · G 98.6%
Japanese ToMMo
A 0.8% · G 99.2%
Vietnamese
A 3.2% · G 96.8%
World gnomAD
A 6.9% · G 93.1%
World 1000 Genomes
A 6.6% · G 93.4%
World TOPMed
A 7.1% · G 92.8%

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.

What each result means

A/A No copy of the version the research linked to Low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
A/G One copy of the version the research linked to Low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G Two copies of the version the research linked to Low density lipoprotein cholesterol 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 rs4953023

What is rs4953023?

rs4953023 is a single position in the genome, in or near the ABCG8 gene. Published research associates it with low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs4953023 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Cholesterol (LDL, HDL and Total). The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs4953023 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 rs4953023 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nat Genet 2018, PMID:29507422. 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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Low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels (rs4953023). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs4953023

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