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Lung function (forced vital capacity)

KCNJ2 · rs6501431

What the study found

Who was studied 52,253 European ancestry indiviudals; replicated in 32,917 European ancestry individuals, 6,070 African American individuals, 849 Hispanic individuals, 8,637 East Asian ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 23.1 ml higher (95% confidence interval 15.44-30.67); p = 3 × 10−9.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 80% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 17, band 17q24.3 — between genes, 32.3 kb from LOC100131241.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Lung function (forced vital capacity). This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Lung function (forced vital capacity). That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Lung function (forced vital capacity). That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs6501431

What is rs6501431?

rs6501431 is a single position in the genome, in or near the KCNJ2 gene. Published research associates it with lung function (forced vital capacity). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs6501431 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 rs6501431 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nat Genet 2014, PMID:24929828. 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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