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Smoking initiation

SMG6 · rs9303241

Strength of the evidence

2 / 4

Its strongest genetic-study result is p = 10−35, with 2 associations in the GWAS Catalog.

How this is scored

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 3,382,012 European ancestry, East Asian ancestry, Hispanic or Latin American, African ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 0.00973 higher (95% confidence interval 0.0082-0.0112); p = 1 × 10−35.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 56% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 17, band 17p13.3 — in an intron of SMG6.

How common each version is

AT
Korean KRGDB
A 32.5% · T 67.5%
Korean Korea4K
A 32.4% · T 67.6%
Korean Korea1K
A 31.2% · T 68.8%
Japanese ToMMo
A 25.6% · T 74.4%
Vietnamese
A 16.7% · T 83.3%
World gnomAD
A 58.3% · T 41.7%
World 1000 Genomes
A 53.0% · T 47.0%
World TOPMed
A 59.4% · T 40.6%

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.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Smoking initiation. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
A/T One copy of the version the research linked to Smoking initiation. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T No copy of the version the research linked to Smoking initiation. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs9303241

What is rs9303241?

rs9303241 is a single position in the genome, in or near the SMG6 gene. Published research associates it with smoking initiation. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs9303241 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 rs9303241 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature 2022, PMID:36477530. 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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Smoking initiation (rs9303241). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs9303241

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