SMAD6 · rs6494597
Where this position leads
Condition: Height
What the study found
Who was studied 394,642 European ancestry individuals.
The effect Each copy of the G allele shifted the measure 0.0137 lower (95% confidence interval 0.011-0.016); p = 5 × 10−38.
How common The G allele had a frequency of about 55% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 15, band 15q22.31 — in an intron of SMAD6.
rs6494597 is a single position in the genome, in or near the SMAD6 gene. Published research associates it with standing height (ukb data field 50). 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 Height. 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, Nature genetics 2025, PMID:39789286. 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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Standing height (UKB data field 50) (rs6494597). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs6494597