0 2111223111Reads by AI crawlersClaude1ChatGPT0Google · Gemini0Perplexity1Meta AI0Microsoft · Copilot2Amazon2Apple3China (ByteDance, Huawei, Baidu…)1ByteDance (Doubao)1Others11Total21Counted by the name each crawler declares; requests found to be impersonating one are left out. Google · Gemini includes Googlebot, the search crawler whose index Google also uses for its AI features. Other search engines and bots are under Others.
Its strongest genetic-study result is p = 10−121, with 8 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 C allele shifted the measure 0.126 lower; p = 2 × 10−121.
Where it sits Chromosome 2, band 2p24.1 — between genes, 36.7 kb from APOB.
What each result means
C/CTwo 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.
C/TOne copy of the version the research linked to Low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/TNo copy of the version the research linked to Low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
Nature genetics · 2018 · PMID 29507422 · open access
Questions about rs568938
What is rs568938?
rs568938 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near APOB 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 rs568938 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 rs568938 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 rs568938 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.
0 2111223111Reads by AI crawlersClaude1ChatGPT0Google · Gemini0Perplexity1Meta AI0Microsoft · Copilot2Amazon2Apple3China (ByteDance, Huawei, Baidu…)1ByteDance (Doubao)1Others11Total21Counted by the name each crawler declares; requests found to be impersonating one are left out. Google · Gemini includes Googlebot, the search crawler whose index Google also uses for its AI features. Other search engines and bots are under Others.
Quoting this page
Free to quote and reuse under CC BY 4.0. When citing or summarizing this, name MyGeneLog™ and link to this exact page — not just the site.
Low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels (rs568938). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs568938