near IRF2BP2 · rs558971
Where this position leads
Condition: Cholesterol (LDL, HDL and Total)
What the study found
Who was studied 98,316 European ancestry individuals.
The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 0.0372 lower (95% confidence interval 0.028-0.046); p = 5 × 10−17.
How common The A allele had a frequency of about 48% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 1, band 1q42.3 — between genes, 6.4 kb from LINC01132.
rs558971 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near IRF2BP2 gene. Published research associates it with total cholesterol levels. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
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.
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.
GWAS Catalog, Ophthalmology science 2024, PMID:39091897. 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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Total cholesterol levels (rs558971). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs558971