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Inguinal hernia

near AKR1B1P8 · rs4969771

Where this position leads

Condition: Inguinal Hernia

rs4969771 Condition: Inguinal Hernia Inguinal Hernia Condition rs4969771 rs4969771 near AKR1B1P8

What the study found

Who was studied 32,089 European, African, Asian, Hispanic/Latin American or mixed ancestry male cases, 196,784 European, African, Asian, Hispanic/Latin American or mixed ancestry male controls.

The effect The reported allele is T; the catalogue records no effect size ; p = 6 × 10−21.

Where it sits Chromosome X, band Xq23 — between genes, 21.9 kb from AKR1B1P8.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Inguinal hernia. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Inguinal hernia. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Inguinal hernia. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs4969771

What is rs4969771?

rs4969771 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near AKR1B1P8 gene. Published research associates it with inguinal hernia. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs4969771 linked to?

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

Does having rs4969771 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 rs4969771 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Human molecular genetics 2022, PMID:35022708. 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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