Genetic variant
rs11869286
rs11869286 is a single-letter difference in human DNA, on chromosome 17. Carrying it does not, on its own, mean you have or will develop any condition.
What is this?
Your DNA is a long sequence of four letters. At a few million positions, people commonly differ by a single letter; each of those positions is called a SNP (“snip”), and rs11869286 is the catalogue number of one of them. Which letters you carry there — one copy from each parent — is your genotype.
We hold only the basic reference record for this variant: its ID and position. Many catalogued variants have never been linked to anything.
Why might it matter?
ClinVar holds no clinical classification for this variant. That is the usual case: most catalogued variants have no known effect on health.
Do I have this variant?
If you have taken a consumer DNA test (23andMe, AncestryDNA and similar), you can download its raw data file and check. Create a free account, upload the file, and this page will show the letters you carry at rs11869286, if your test read this position.
Connect this with your blood results
A gene is a fixed instruction; a blood test shows what your body is doing now. CheckMyBloods reads the two side by side, so a variant can be set against the markers it could plausibly affect.
Blood markers do not diagnose a genetic condition, and a variant does not explain a blood result on its own. Together, with symptoms and family history, they give a clinician context.
What should I do next?
- Find out whether you carry it. Reading about a variant says nothing about you until you know your genotype.
- Put it in context. Add your blood results, so the variant can be read against what your body is doing.
- Ask questions. Dr. Hemsworth, our AI assistant, can explain this variant and your results in plain English.
- Take anything that worries you to a professional. A GP or genetic counsellor can order a confirmatory test and interpret it with your history.
This page is general information drawn from public research databases. It cannot diagnose anything, and it is not a substitute for advice from a doctor or genetic counsellor who knows your history.
Technical details
- dbSNP ID
- rs11869286
- Position
- chr17:39657603
Genome-wide association studies (20)
| Trait | Risk allele | OR / beta | P-value | Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDL cholesterol x physical activity interaction (2df test) | C | — | 7E-21 | PubMed |
| HDL cholesterol | G | β 0.032 | 3E-17 | PubMed |
| IGF 1 (UKB data field 30770) | C | β 0.015 | 6E-15 | PubMed |
| Concentration of large HDL particles | G | β 0.03 | 2E-14 | PubMed |
| HDL cholesterol | C | OR 0.51 | 3E-14 | PubMed |
| Cholesteryl ester levels in large HDL | G | β 0.029 | 3E-14 | PubMed |
| Cholesterol levels in large HDL | G | β 0.029 | 5E-14 | PubMed |
| Total lipid levels in large HDL | G | β 0.028 | 1E-13 | PubMed |
| Free cholesterol levels in large HDL | G | β 0.028 | 3E-13 | PubMed |
| Phospholipid levels in large HDL | G | β 0.028 | 8E-13 | PubMed |
| Average diameter for HDL particles | G | β 0.027 | 4E-12 | PubMed |
| Cholesteryl ester levels in very large HDL | G | β 0.026 | 2E-11 | PubMed |
| High density lipoprotein cholesterol levels | G | β 0.024 | 3E-11 | PubMed |
| Left ventricular mass (indexed to body surface area) | G | OR 0.31 | 3E-10 | PubMed |
| Total lipid levels in very large HDL | G | β 0.025 | 5E-10 | PubMed |
| Cholesterol levels in very large HDL | G | β 0.024 | 7E-10 | PubMed |
| Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis | — | OR 0.91 | 7E-10 | PubMed |
| Phospholipid levels in very large HDL | G | β 0.024 | 1E-9 | PubMed |
| Omega-6 fatty acid levels | G | — | 1E-8 | PubMed |
| Left ventricular end diastolic mass | G | — | 2E-8 | PubMed |
Sources
- dbSNP: rs11869286 — the reference record
- ClinVar — clinical interpretations submitted by laboratories
- SNPedia — community-written summaries
- GWAS Catalog — association studies