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White blood cell count

near BRD3OS · rs6479631

Where this position leads

What the study found

Who was studied 562,243 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.0177 SD unit lower (95% confidence interval 0.013-0.022); p = 3 × 10⁻¹⁶.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 72% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 9, band 9q34.2 — between genes, 7.7 kb from BRD3OS.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to White blood cell count. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.

C/T One copy of the version the research linked to White blood cell count. That is a smaller link than two copies.

T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to White blood cell count. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.

Source

Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations

Chen MH, Raffield LM, Mousas A, Sakaue S, Huffman JE, Moscati A, Trivedi B, Jiang T, Akbari P, Vuckovic D, Bao EL, Zhong X

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Cell · 2020 · PMID 32888493

Questions about rs6479631

What is rs6479631?

rs6479631 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near BRD3OS gene. Published research associates it with white blood cell count. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs6479631 linked to?

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

Does having rs6479631 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 rs6479631 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Cell 2020, PMID:32888493. 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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