Genetic variant
rs174536
rs174536 is a single-letter difference in human DNA, on chromosome 11. 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 rs174536 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 rs174536, 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
- rs174536
- Position
- chr11:61784455
Genome-wide association studies (20)
| Trait | Risk allele | OR / beta | P-value | Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphatidylcholine (O-18:0_20:4) levels | C | OR 0.31 | 2E-72 | PubMed |
| Plasma omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid levels (alphalinolenic acid) | A | β 0.02 | 1E-63 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine (O-18:1_20:4) levels | C | OR 0.28 | 4E-63 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine diacyl C36:5 levels | A | OR 0.13 | 5E-59 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine acyl-alkyl C42:5 levels | A | OR 14.99 | 8E-51 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylethanolamine (O-18:1_20:4) levels | C | OR 0.25 | 1E-49 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine (O-18:0_20:4) levels | C | OR 0.32 | 1E-46 | PubMed |
| Arachidonoylcholine levels | C | OR 0.23 | 2E-44 | PubMed |
| Sex hormone-binding globulin levels adjusted for BMI and heel estimated bone mineral density | — | — | 3E-42 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine (O-18:1_20:4) levels | C | OR 0.29 | 5E-39 | PubMed |
| Metabolite levels (1-myristoyl-2-arachidonoyl-GPC (14:0/20:4); C34:4 PC; C34_4_PC) | C | OR 0.28 | 5E-36 | PubMed |
| Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MTAG) | A | β 0.053 | 1E-35 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylethanolamine (O-18:1_20:4) levels | C | OR 0.27 | 8E-34 | PubMed |
| Resting heart rate | C | OR 0.4 | 2E-30 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine diacyl C42:6 levels | A | OR 11.34 | 9E-30 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine diacyl C42:1 levels | A | OR 10.9 | 1E-27 | PubMed |
| Saturated fatty acids levels | C | — | 1E-25 | PubMed |
| Sphingomyeline C16:1 levels | A | OR 10.38 | 3E-25 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylethanolamine (O-16:1_20:4) levels | C | OR 0.21 | 2E-21 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine (18:0_22:5) levels | C | OR 0.27 | 3E-21 | PubMed |
Sources
- dbSNP: rs174536 — the reference record
- ClinVar — clinical interpretations submitted by laboratories
- SNPedia — community-written summaries
- GWAS Catalog — association studies