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Body fat percentage

COBLL1 · rs6738627

What the study found

Who was studied Up to 31,457 European ancestry men, up to 35,030 European ancestry women, up to 8,259 Indian Asian ancestry men, up to 1,030 Indian Asian ancestry women, 973 Korean ancestry men, 1,360 Korean ancestry women, 154 African American men, 262 African American women; replicated in Up to 12,480 European ancestry men, up to 10,055 European ancestry women, 315 Jamaican ancestry men, 774 Jamaican ancestry women.

The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 0.03 body fat % higher (95% confidence interval 0.02-0.04); p = 2 × 10−8.

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

Where it sits Chromosome 2, band 2q24.3 — in an intron of COBLL1.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Body fat percentage. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
A/G One copy of the version the research linked to Body fat percentage. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G No copy of the version the research linked to Body fat percentage. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs6738627

What is rs6738627?

rs6738627 is a single position in the genome, in or near the COBLL1 gene. Published research associates it with body fat percentage. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs6738627 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 rs6738627 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nat Commun 2016, PMID:26833246. 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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