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Basophil count

AFF1 · rs72667737

Strength of the evidence

2 / 4

Its strongest genetic-study result is p = 10−40, with 1 associations in the GWAS Catalog.

How this is scored

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 577,663 African American or Afro-Caribbean, African ancestry, European ancestry, East Asian ancestry, Hispanic or Latin American and South Asian ancestry individuals.

The effect The reported allele is T; the catalogue records no effect size ; p = 7 × 10−41.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 19% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 4, band 4q21.3 — in an intron of AFF1.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Basophil count. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Basophil count. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Basophil count. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs72667737

What is rs72667737?

rs72667737 is a single position in the genome, in or near the AFF1 gene. Published research associates it with basophil count. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs72667737 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 rs72667737 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Cell 2020, PMID:32888493. 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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Basophil count (rs72667737). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs72667737

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