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Cataracts

SLC24A3 · rs6046142

Where this position leads

Condition: Cataract

rs6046142 Condition: Cataract Cataract Condition rs6046142 rs6046142 SLC24A3

What the study found

Who was studied 90,768 European ancestry cases, 224,900 European ancestry controls.

The effect Each copy of the G allele shifted the measure 0.095 lower (95% confidence interval 0.078-0.112); p = 4 × 10−30.

How common The G allele had a frequency of about 84% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 20, band 20p11.23 — in an intron of SLC24A3.

What each result means

A/A Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Cataracts — no copies of the reported risk allele.
A/G Published research associates this genotype (one copy of the reported risk allele) with an intermediate association with Cataracts.
G/G Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Cataracts compared to the general population.
Source
Diversity and scale: Genetic architecture of 2068 traits in the VA Million Veteran Program
Verma A, Huffman JE, Rodriguez A, Conery M, Liu M, Ho YL, Kim Y, Heise DA, Guare L, Panickan VA, Garcon H, Linares F
and 59 more — show all
Costa L, Goethert I, Tipton R, Honerlaw J, Davies L, Whitbourne S, Cohen J, Posner DC, Sangar R, Murray M, Wang X, Dochtermann DR, Devineni P, Shi Y, Nandi TN, Assimes TL, Brunette CA, Carroll RJ, Clifford R, Duvall S, Gelernter J, Hung A, Iyengar SK, Joseph J, Kember R, Kranzler H, Kripke CM, Levey D, Luoh SW, Merritt VC, Overstreet C, Deak JD, Grant SFA, Polimanti R, Roussos P, Shakt G, Sun YV, Tsao N, Venkatesh S, Voloudakis G, Justice A, Begoli E, Ramoni R, Tourassi G, Pyarajan S, Tsao P, O'Donnell CJ, Muralidhar S, Moser J, Casas JP, Bick AG, Zhou W, Cai T, Voight BF, Cho K, Gaziano JM, Madduri RK, Damrauer S, Liao KP
Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2024 · PMID 39024449 · open access

Questions about rs6046142

What is rs6046142?

rs6046142 is a single position in the genome, in or near the SLC24A3 gene. Published research associates it with cataracts. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs6046142 linked to?

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

Does having rs6046142 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 rs6046142 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Science (New York, N.Y.) 2024, PMID:39024449. 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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