PROX2 · rs61978928
Where this position leads
Condition: Human Lifespan and Longevity
What the study found
Who was studied 389,166 British ancestry individuals.
The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.0136 higher (95% confidence interval 0.0089-0.0183); p = 2 × 10−8.
How common The T allele had a frequency of about 69% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 14, band 14q24.3 — in the 3′ untranslated region of YLPM1.
rs61978928 is a single position in the genome, in or near the PROX2 gene. Published research associates it with parental longevity (combined parental attained age, martingale residuals). 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 Human Lifespan and Longevity. 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, Aging (Albany NY) 2017, PMID:29227965. 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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Parental longevity (combined parental attained age, Martingale residuals) (rs61978928). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs61978928