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Leukocyte telomere length

near TERT · rs78340245

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What the study found

Who was studied 327,790 British ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.048 lower (95% confidence interval 0.038-0.058); p = 5 × 10⁻²⁶.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 7% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 5, band 5p15.33 — between genes, 6.7 kb from MIR4457.

What each result means

G/G Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Leukocyte telomere length — no copies of the reported risk allele.

G/T Published research associates this genotype (one copy of the reported risk allele) with an intermediate association with Leukocyte telomere length.

T/T Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Leukocyte telomere length compared to the general population.

Source

Whole exome sequencing analyses reveal novel genes in telomere length and their biomedical implications

Liu WS, Wu BS, Yang L, Chen SD, Zhang YR, Deng YT, Wu XR, He XY, Yang J, Feng JF, Cheng W, Xu YM

and 1 more — show all

Yu JT

GeroScience · 2024 · PMID 38837026

Questions about rs78340245

What is rs78340245?

rs78340245 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near TERT gene. Published research associates it with leukocyte telomere length. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs78340245 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 rs78340245 come from?

GWAS Catalog, GeroScience 2024, PMID:38837026. 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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