rs4738679

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GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (10)

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

triglycerides in large HDL measurement

Zoodsma M et al. “A genetic map of human metabolism across the allele frequency spectrum.” Nature Genetics 57(10):2445-2455 (2025)
Allele A
OR 0.03
p 4.0e-49
N 450,015
Large GWAS
multi-ancestry

cholesteryl esters to total lipids in small HDL percentage

Zoodsma M et al. “A genetic map of human metabolism across the allele frequency spectrum.” Nature Genetics 57(10):2445-2455 (2025)
Allele A
OR 0.02
p 3.0e-28
N 450,015
Large GWAS
multi-ancestry

cholesterol to total lipids in very large HDL percentage

Zoodsma M et al. “A genetic map of human metabolism across the allele frequency spectrum.” Nature Genetics 57(10):2445-2455 (2025)
Allele A
OR 0.02
p 1.0e-15
N 450,015
Large GWAS
multi-ancestry

blood VLDL cholesterol amount

Richardson TG et al. “Characterising metabolomic signatures of lipid-modifying therapies through drug target mendelian randomisation.” Plos Biology 20(2):e3001547 (2022)
Allele G
OR 0.03
p 2.0e-10
N 115,082
Large GWAS
European

low density lipoprotein cholesterol measurement

Hoffmann TJ et al. “A large electronic-health-record-based genome-wide study of serum lipids.” Nature Genetics 50(3):401-413 (2018)
Allele G
OR —
β 0.045
p 3.0e-19
N 94,674
Large GWAS
multi-ancestry

total cholesterol measurement

Hoffmann TJ et al. “A large electronic-health-record-based genome-wide study of serum lipids.” Nature Genetics 50(3):401-413 (2018)
Allele G
OR —
β 0.047
p 3.0e-22
N 94,674
Large GWAS
multi-ancestry

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