rs2968478

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GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (13)

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

mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration

Verma A et al. “Diversity and scale: Genetic architecture of 2068 traits in the VA Million Veteran Program.” Science (new York, N.y.) 385(6706):eadj1182 (2024)
Allele T
OR 0.09
p 3.0e-237
N 583,883
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
multi-ancestry

high density lipoprotein cholesterol measurement

Loya H et al. “A scalable variational inference approach for increased mixed-model association power.” Nature Genetics 57(2):461-468 (2025)
Allele G
OR 0.03
p 2.0e-91
N 394,642
Large GWAS
European

HbA1c measurement

Verma A et al. “Diversity and scale: Genetic architecture of 2068 traits in the VA Million Veteran Program.” Science (new York, N.y.) 385(6706):eadj1182 (2024)
Allele T
OR 0.05
p 3.0e-59
N 338,640
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
European

Red cell distribution width

Verma A et al. “Diversity and scale: Genetic architecture of 2068 traits in the VA Million Veteran Program.” Science (new York, N.y.) 385(6706):eadj1182 (2024)
Allele T
OR 0.03
p 5.0e-36
N 380,819
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
European
Loya H et al. “A scalable variational inference approach for increased mixed-model association power.” Nature Genetics 57(2):461-468 (2025)
Allele T
OR 0.01
p 4.0e-13
N 394,642
Large GWAS
European

reticulocyte count

Astle WJ et al. “The Allelic Landscape of Human Blood Cell Trait Variation and Links to Common Complex Disease.” Cell 167(5):1415-1429.e19 (2016)
Allele G
OR 0.04
p 4.0e-31
N 170,641
Large GWAS
European

glucose measurement

Zoodsma M et al. “A genetic map of human metabolism across the allele frequency spectrum.” Nature Genetics 57(10):2445-2455 (2025)
Allele G
OR 0.02
p 2.0e-25
N 450,015
Large GWAS
multi-ancestry

lymphocyte amount

Akbari P et al. “A genome-wide association study of blood cell morphology identifies cellular proteins implicated in disease aetiology.” Nature Communications 14(1):5023 (2023)
Allele G
OR 0.06
p 2.0e-15
N 39,640
Large GWAS
European

appendicular lean mass

Pei YF et al. “The genetic architecture of appendicular lean mass characterized by association analysis in the UK Biobank study.” Communications Biology 3(1):608 (2020)
Allele T
OR 0.01
p 6.0e-14
N 450,243
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
European

hematocrit

Astle WJ et al. “The Allelic Landscape of Human Blood Cell Trait Variation and Links to Common Complex Disease.” Cell 167(5):1415-1429.e19 (2016)
Allele G
OR 0.03
p 1.0e-13
N 173,039
Large GWAS
European

leukocyte quantity

Verma A et al. “Diversity and scale: Genetic architecture of 2068 traits in the VA Million Veteran Program.” Science (new York, N.y.) 385(6706):eadj1182 (2024)
Allele T
OR 0.02
p 3.0e-11
N 380,686
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
European

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