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Aromatic-L-amino-acid decarboxylase levels

DDC · rs6956737

What the study found

Who was studied 10,708 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.452 lower (95% confidence interval 0.34-0.56); p = 6 × 10−16.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 2% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 7, band 7p12.1 — in an intron of DDC.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Aromatic-L-amino-acid decarboxylase levels. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Aromatic-L-amino-acid decarboxylase levels. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Aromatic-L-amino-acid decarboxylase levels. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs6956737

What is rs6956737?

rs6956737 is a single position in the genome, in or near the DDC gene. Published research associates it with aromatic-l-amino-acid decarboxylase levels. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs6956737 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 rs6956737 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Science (New York, N.Y.) 2021, PMID:34648354. 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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