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Who was studied 1,854 European ancestry cases, 21,372 European ancestry controls; replicated in 8,239 European ancestry cases, 7,590 European ancestry controls.
The effect
Each copy of the A allele carried 1.15 times the odds of Prostate cancer (95% confidence interval 1.10-1.21); p = 8 × 10−9.
How common The A allele had a frequency of about 19% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 2, band 2p15 — in an intron of EHBP1.
What ClinVar records
ClassificationUncertain significance for Prostate cancer, hereditary, 12, EHBP1-related disorder; criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts (2 of 4 stars, 3 submitters), last evaluated 2024-12-18.
ClinVar record 1364NM_001142616.3(EHBP1):c.1185+30064G>A
What this is ClinVar's aggregate record for this position (as of its 2026-10-19 release), not a result about you. A classification describes the variant against the condition named, as laboratories submitted it. Whether a person carries this variant, and what that would mean for them, is a question for a clinical test and a genetic counsellor.
What each result means
A/ATwo copies of the version the research linked to Prostate cancer. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
A/GOne copy of the version the research linked to Prostate cancer. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/GNo copy of the version the research linked to Prostate cancer. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
rs721048 is a single position in the genome, in or near the EHBP1 gene. Published research associates it with prostate cancer. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
What conditions is rs721048 linked to?
On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Prostate Cancer. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.
Does having rs721048 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 rs721048 come from?
GWAS Catalog, Nat Genet 2008, PMID:18264098. 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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