Sensitive

Alzheimer disease in high polygenic risk score (>65th percentile)

ALDH9A1 · rs539602997

What the study found

Who was studied 3,180 European ancestry cases, 978 European ancestry controls.

The effect Each copy of the A allele carried 0.02 times the odds of Alzheimer disease in high polygenic risk score (>65th percentile) (95% confidence interval 0.00661458886758494-0.0848513583196374); p = 9 × 10−9.

Where it sits Chromosome 1, band 1q24.1 — in an intron of ALDH9A1.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Alzheimer disease in high polygenic risk score (>65th percentile). 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 Alzheimer disease in high polygenic risk score (>65th percentile). That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G No copy of the version the research linked to Alzheimer disease in high polygenic risk score (>65th percentile). This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs539602997

What is rs539602997?

rs539602997 is a single position in the genome, in or near the ALDH9A1 gene. Published research associates it with alzheimer disease in high polygenic risk score (>65th percentile). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs539602997 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 rs539602997 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2026, PMID:42557982. 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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