Sensitive

Substance use disorder

DRD2 · rs7103679

Where this position leads

Condition: Substance Use Disorder

rs7103679 Condition: Substance Use Disorder Substance Use Disorder Condition rs7103679 rs7103679 DRD2

What the study found

Who was studied 1,458,999 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 8.19 higher; p = 3 × 10−16.

Where it sits Chromosome 11, band 11q23.2 — in an intron of DRD2.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Substance use disorder. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Substance use disorder. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Substance use disorder. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
Source

Questions about rs7103679

What is rs7103679?

rs7103679 is a single position in the genome, in or near the DRD2 gene. Published research associates it with substance use disorder. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs7103679 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Substance Use Disorder. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs7103679 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 rs7103679 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Molecular psychiatry 2026, PMID:41057643. 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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