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Cigarettes smoked per day

near MMS22L · rs9320508

What the study found

Who was studied 618,489 European ancestry individuals.

The effect Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 0.0134 lower (95% confidence interval 0.009-0.0178); p = 3 × 10−9.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 22% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 6, band 6q16.1 — between genes, 18.9 kb from MMS22L.

What each result means

C/C No copy of the version the research linked to Cigarettes smoked per day. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
C/T One copy of the version the research linked to Cigarettes smoked per day. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/T Two copies of the version the research linked to Cigarettes smoked per day. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
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Questions about rs9320508

What is rs9320508?

rs9320508 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near MMS22L gene. Published research associates it with cigarettes smoked per day. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs9320508 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 rs9320508 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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