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Body mass index in nulliparous women (aged 20 to <30 years)

MAP2K5 · rs6494678

What the study found

Who was studied 30,272 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.009 lower (95% confidence interval 0.0051-0.0129); p = 2 × 10−8.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 24% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 15, band 15q23 — in an intron of MAP2K5.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Body mass index in nulliparous women (aged 20 to <30 years). This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Body mass index in nulliparous women (aged 20 to <30 years). That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Body mass index in nulliparous women (aged 20 to <30 years). That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs6494678

What is rs6494678?

rs6494678 is a single position in the genome, in or near the MAP2K5 gene. Published research associates it with body mass index in nulliparous women (aged 20 to <30 years). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs6494678 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 rs6494678 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Science advances 2026, PMID:41564189. 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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