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Urinary potassium excretion

MIR4456 · rs72704791

What the study found

Who was studied 446,230 European ancestry individuals; replicated in 7,612 African ancestry individuals, 10,095 South Asian ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 0.0106 higher (95% confidence interval 0.0076-0.0136); p = 3 × 10−12.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 81% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 5, band 5p15.33 — between genes, 11.9 kb from MIR4456.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Urinary potassium excretion. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
A/G One copy of the version the research linked to Urinary potassium excretion. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G No copy of the version the research linked to Urinary potassium excretion. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs72704791

What is rs72704791?

rs72704791 is a single position in the genome, in or near the MIR4456 gene. Published research associates it with urinary potassium excretion. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs72704791 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 rs72704791 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature communications 2019, PMID:31409800. 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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