HOXB-AS3 · rs9221
Where this position leads
Condition: Blood Pressure
What the study found
Who was studied 526,001 European ancestry individuals.
The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.479 higher (95% confidence interval 0.35-0.6); p = 5 × 10−14.
Where it sits Chromosome 17, band 17q21.32 — in the 5′ untranslated region of HOXB-AS3.
What ClinVar records
Classification
Benign; criteria provided, single submitter (1 of 4 stars, 1 submitter), last evaluated 2018-11-12.
ClinVar record 1249425 NM_018952.5(HOXB6):c.-78-223G>A
What this is ClinVar's aggregate record for this position (as of its 2026-10-19 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.
rs9221 is a single position in the genome, in or near the HOXB-AS3 gene. Published research associates it with systolic blood pressure. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Blood Pressure. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.
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, Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2022, PMID:35762941. 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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Systolic blood pressure (rs9221). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs9221