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Nonatopic asthma and/or waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI

ITGB8 · rs73086541

Where this position leads

Condition: Asthma

rs73086541 Condition: Asthma Asthma Condition rs73086541 rs73086541 ITGB8

What the study found

Who was studied 28,862 European ancestry cases, 422,048 European ancestry controls, 6,780 European ancestry individuals.

The effect The reported allele is C; the catalogue records no effect size ; p = 7 × 10−18.

Where it sits Chromosome 7, band 7p21.1 — in an intron of ITGB8.

What each result means

A/A No copy of the version the research linked to Nonatopic asthma and/or waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
A/C One copy of the version the research linked to Nonatopic asthma and/or waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI. That is a smaller link than two copies.
C/C Two copies of the version the research linked to Nonatopic asthma and/or waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs73086541

What is rs73086541?

rs73086541 is a single position in the genome, in or near the ITGB8 gene. Published research associates it with nonatopic asthma and/or waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for bmi. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs73086541 linked to?

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

Does having rs73086541 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 rs73086541 come from?

GWAS Catalog, The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2020, PMID:31669095. 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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