EPG5 · rs72918326
Where this position leads
Condition: Age-Related Macular Degeneration
What the study found
Who was studied 98,316 European ancestry individuals.
The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.168 higher (95% confidence interval 0.11-0.22); p = 2 × 10−9.
How common The T allele had a frequency of about 1% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 18, band 18q12.3 — in an intron of EPG5.
What ClinVar records
Classification
Likely benign; criteria provided, single submitter (1 of 4 stars, 1 submitter), last evaluated 2019-12-25.
ClinVar record 1198700 NM_020964.3(EPG5):c.4810-229G>A
What this is ClinVar's aggregate record for this position (as of its 2026-09-24 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.
rs72918326 is a single position in the genome, in or near the EPG5 gene. Published research associates it with free cholesterol to cholesteryl esters in small hdl ratio. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Age-Related Macular Degeneration. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.
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, Ophthalmology science 2024, PMID:39091897. 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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Free Cholesterol to Cholesteryl Esters in Small HDL ratio (rs72918326). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs72918326