LDLR · rs72658867
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Strength of the evidence
Its strongest genetic-study result is p = 10−32, with 40 associations in the GWAS Catalog.
4: ClinVar disease-causing, reviewed by an expert panel or a guideline (3–4 stars). 3: ClinVar, several labs agreeing (2 stars), or a genetic study at p ≤ 10−50. 2: ClinVar from one lab (1 star), or p ≤ 10−20. 1: ClinVar submitted without criteria (0 stars), or genome-wide significance (p ≤ 5×10−8). The higher of the two counts. It says how solid the evidence is, not whether it matters for a particular person.
What the study found
Who was studied 239,268 European ancestry individuals.
The effect The reported allele is A; the catalogue records no effect size ; p = 3 × 10−32.
Where it sits Chromosome 19, band 19p13.2 — inside LDLR.
What ClinVar records
Classification
Benign for Hypercholesterolemia, familial, 1, Familial hypercholesterolemia, Cardiovascular phenotype, LDLR-related disorder, Sarcoma and 13 more; reviewed by expert panel (3 of 4 stars, 28 submitters), last evaluated 2021-06-18.
ClinVar record 36460 NM_000527.5(LDLR):c.2140+5G>A
Change history MyGeneLog™ keeps a copy of every weekly release from 2026-10-19 and compares them. This position's classification has not changed since.
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.
How common each version is
AG
A 0.8% · G 99.2%
A 0.3% · G 99.7%
A 0.8% · G 99.2%
The share of all copies of this position that are each version. Source: the population studies published in dbSNP (US NCBI); each row names its study. No Korean figure for this position yet.
rs72658867 is a single position in the genome, in or near the LDLR gene. Published research associates it with omega-6 fatty acid levels. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
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.
GWAS Catalog, HGG advances 2025, PMID:40545721. 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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Omega-6 fatty acid levels (rs72658867). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs72658867