rs1171620

This variant is located in the SLC16A9 gene.

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GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (2)

Genome-wide significant associations (p < 5×10⁻⁸) from the NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog.

carnitine measurement

Tahir UA et al. “Whole Genome Association Study of the Plasma Metabolome Identifies Metabolites Linked to Cardiometabolic Disease in Black Individuals.” Nature Communications 13(1):4923 (2022)

Allele G

OR 0.41

p 3.0e-31

N 2,466

Large GWAS

multi-ancestry

gout

Major TJ et al. “A genome-wide association analysis reveals new pathogenic pathways in gout.” Nature Genetics 56(11):2392-2406 (2024)

Allele C

OR 0.83

p 6.0e-10

N 104,007

Large GWAS

Hispanic or Latin American

About SLC16A9

Enables carnitine transmembrane transporter activity and creatine transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in carnitine transmembrane transport; creatine transmembrane transport; and urate metabolic process. Located in plasma membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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