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Educational attainment (MTAG)

MACROD2 · rs8122234

Where this position leads

Condition: Educational Attainment

rs8122234 Condition: Educational Attainment Educational Attainment Condition rs8122234 rs8122234 MACROD2

What the study found

Who was studied 1,311,438 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 0.0078 lower (95% confidence interval 0.0053-0.0103); p = 2 × 10−9.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 49% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 20, band 20p12.1 — in an intron of MACROD2.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Educational attainment (MTAG). That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
A/C One copy of the version the research linked to Educational attainment (MTAG). That is a smaller link than two copies.
C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Educational attainment (MTAG). This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs8122234

What is rs8122234?

rs8122234 is a single position in the genome, in or near the MACROD2 gene. Published research associates it with educational attainment (mtag). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs8122234 linked to?

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

Does having rs8122234 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 rs8122234 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nat Genet 2018, PMID:30038396. 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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