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Red blood cell count

CNTN2 · rs6662930

What the study found

Who was studied 727,624 African American or Afro-Caribbean, African ancestry, European ancestry, East Asian ancestry, Hispanic or Latin American and South Asian ancestry individuals.

The effect The reported allele is C; the catalogue records no effect size ; p = 8 × 10−39.

How common The C allele had a frequency of about 37% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 1, band 1q32.1 — in an intron of CNTN2.

What each result means

C/C Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Red blood cell count compared to the general population.
C/T Published research associates this genotype (one copy of the reported risk allele) with an intermediate association with Red blood cell count.
T/T Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Red blood cell count — no copies of the reported risk allele.
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Questions about rs6662930

What is rs6662930?

rs6662930 is a single position in the genome, in or near the CNTN2 gene. Published research associates it with red blood cell count. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs6662930 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 rs6662930 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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