ALDH1A2 · rs8042174
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Strength of the evidence
Its strongest genetic-study result is p = 10−42, with 81 associations in the GWAS Catalog.
4: ClinVar disease-causing, reviewed by an expert panel or a guideline (3–4 stars). 3: ClinVar, several labs agreeing (2 stars), or a genetic study at p ≤ 10−50. 2: ClinVar from one lab (1 star), or p ≤ 10−20. 1: ClinVar submitted without criteria (0 stars), or genome-wide significance (p ≤ 5×10−8). The higher of the two counts. It says how solid the evidence is, not whether it matters for a particular person.
What the study found
Who was studied 7,272 European ancestry individuals.
The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.21 higher; p = 2 × 10−14.
Where it sits Chromosome 15, band 15q21.3 — inside ALDH1A2.
How common each version is
CT
C 32.2% · T 67.8%
C 31.2% · T 68.8%
C 29.6% · T 70.4%
C 31.9% · T 68.1%
C 11.7% · T 88.3%
C 17.6% · T 82.4%
C 12.2% · T 87.8%
The share of all copies of this position that are each version. Source: the population studies published in dbSNP (US NCBI); each row names its study.
rs8042174 is a single position in the genome, in or near the ALDH1A2 gene. Published research associates it with phosphatidylethanolamines (16:0/22:6) (model 1). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
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, Nature communications 2026, PMID:42069741. 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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Phosphatidylethanolamines (16:0/22:6) (Model 1) (rs8042174). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs8042174