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Who was studied 15,171 African American or Afro-Caribbean and African ancestry individuals.
The effect
Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.0876 SD units lower (95% confidence interval 0.063-0.113); p = 8 × 10−12.
How common The T allele had a frequency of about 62% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 12, band 12q24.12 — in an intron of ATXN2.
What each result means
C/CNo copy of the version the research linked to Platelet count. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/TOne copy of the version the research linked to Platelet count. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/TTwo copies of the version the research linked to Platelet count. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
rs78503944 is a single position in the genome, in or near the ATXN2 gene. Published research associates it with platelet count. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
What conditions is rs78503944 linked to?
On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Blood Cell Counts. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.
Does having rs78503944 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 rs78503944 come from?
GWAS Catalog, Cell 2020, PMID:32888493. 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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