Who was studied 80,823 European ancestry cases, 2,383,572 European ancestry controls, 3,126 African ancestry cases, 141,024 African ancestry controls, 1,403 Hispanic cases, 65,041 Hispanic controls, 1,403 East Asian ancestry cases, 130,260 East Asian ancestry controls, 109 South Asian ancestry cases, 43,841 South Asian ancestry controls.
The effect
Each copy of the C allele carried 1.06 times the odds of Aortic stenosis (95% confidence interval 1.05-1.08); p = 4 × 10−25.
How common The C allele had a frequency of about 14% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 2, band 2p14 — between genes, 0.4 kb from ACTR2.
What each result means
C/CPublished research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Aortic stenosis compared to the general population.
C/TPublished research associates this genotype (one copy of the reported risk allele) with an intermediate association with Aortic stenosis.
T/TPublished research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Aortic stenosis — no copies of the reported risk allele.
Nature genetics · 2026 · PMID 41419686 · open access
Questions about rs62139061
What is rs62139061?
rs62139061 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near ACTR2 gene. Published research associates it with aortic stenosis. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
What conditions is rs62139061 linked to?
On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Aortic Stenosis. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.
Does having rs62139061 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 rs62139061 come from?
GWAS Catalog, Nature genetics 2026, PMID:41419686. 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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