Sensitive

Multiple sclerosis

EVI5 · rs72724541

Where this position leads

Condition: Multiple Sclerosis

rs72724541 Condition: Multiple Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis Condition rs72724541 rs72724541 EVI5

What the study found

Who was studied 19,865 European ancestry cases, 623,043 European ancestry controls.

The effect Each copy of the A allele carried 1.14 times the odds of Multiple sclerosis (95% confidence interval 1.1-1.17); p = 1 × 10−11.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 2% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 1, band 1p22.1 — in an intron of EVI5.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Multiple sclerosis. 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 Multiple sclerosis. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G No copy of the version the research linked to Multiple sclerosis. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
Source

Questions about rs72724541

What is rs72724541?

rs72724541 is a single position in the genome, in or near the EVI5 gene. Published research associates it with multiple sclerosis. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs72724541 linked to?

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

Does having rs72724541 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 rs72724541 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature genetics 2026, PMID:42706309. 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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