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Height

PMPCB · rs6971734

What the study found

Who was studied 5,314,291 European ancestry, Hispanic or Latin American, East Asian ancestry, African ancestry, South Asian ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the C allele shifted the measure 0.0086 higher (95% confidence interval 0.0068-0.0104); p = 4 × 10−20.

How common The C allele had a frequency of about 13% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 7, band 7q22.1 — in an intron of PMPCB.

What each result means

C/C Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Height compared to the general population.
C/T Published research associates this genotype (one copy of the reported risk allele) with an intermediate association with Height.
T/T Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Height — no copies of the reported risk allele.
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Questions about rs6971734

What is rs6971734?

rs6971734 is a single position in the genome, in or near the PMPCB gene. Published research associates it with height. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs6971734 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 rs6971734 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature 2022, PMID:36224396. 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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