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Triglyceride levels

PEMT · rs7946

Stands on its own. Nothing else here links to this position yet — but the page above is the point: what the research found, what each genotype means, and where it came from, in language you can read. Links to conditions, drugs and the senses appear automatically if we write them.

What the study found

Who was studied up to 237,050 European ancestry individuals, up to 16,935 African ancestry individuals, up to 30,468 South Asian ancestry individuals, up to 8,287 East Asian ancestry individuals, 5,084 Hispanic individuals; replicated in up to 286,268 European and unknown ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.0151 lower (95% confidence interval 0.011-0.019); p = 6 × 10⁻¹³.

Where it sits Chromosome 17, band 17p11.2 — a missense change in PEMT.

What ClinVar records

Classification Benign; criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts (2 of 4 stars, 2 submitters), last evaluated 2018-10-15. ClinVar record 1279483 NM_148172.3(PEMT):c.634G>A (p.Val212Met)

What this is ClinVar's aggregate record for this position (as of its 2026-10-12 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.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Triglyceride levels. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.

C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Triglyceride levels. That is a smaller link than two copies.

T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Triglyceride levels. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.

Source

Exome-wide association study of plasma lipids in >300,000 individuals

Liu DJ, Peloso GM, Yu H, Butterworth AS, Wang X, Mahajan A, Saleheen D, Emdin C, Alam D, Alves AC, Amouyel P, Di Angelantonio E

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Nature genetics · 2017 · PMID 29083408 · open access

Questions about rs7946

What is rs7946?

rs7946 is a single position in the genome, in or near the PEMT gene. Published research associates it with triglyceride levels. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs7946 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 rs7946 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature genetics 2017, PMID:29083408. 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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