rs56397996

This variant is located in the EEFSEC gene.

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GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (1)

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

Red cell distribution width

Chen MH et al. “Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations.” Cell 182(5):1198-1213.e14 (2020)

Allele A

OR —

p 1.0e-16

N 563,352

Large GWAS

multi-ancestry

About EEFSEC

Enables GTPase activity. Involved in selenocysteine incorporation. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Predicted to be part of ribonucleoprotein complex. [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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