Genetic variant
rs62033400
rs62033400 is a single-letter difference in human DNA, on chromosome 16. 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 rs62033400 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 rs62033400, 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
- rs62033400
- Position
- chr16:53777876
Genome-wide association studies (20)
| Trait | Risk allele | OR / beta | P-value | Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex hormone-binding globulin levels and heel estimated bone mineral density | — | — | 1E-48 | PubMed |
| Body mass index | — | β 0.088 | 3E-28 | PubMed |
| Triglyceride levels | — | — | 2E-26 | PubMed |
| Medication use (HMG CoA reductase inhibitors) | G | β 0.046 | 2E-19 | PubMed |
| Triglyceride levels | G | β 0.016 | 2E-19 | PubMed |
| F-fatty food liking (derived food-liking factor) | G | β 0.032 | 6E-19 | PubMed |
| Body mass index | G | β 0.08 | 2E-14 | PubMed |
| Type 2 diabetes | G | OR 0.15 | 6E-13 | PubMed |
| Total esterified cholesterol levels | G | β 0.01 | 2E-12 | PubMed |
| Total cholesterol levels | G | β 0.01 | 6E-12 | PubMed |
| LDL cholesterol levels | A | β 0.014 | 1E-11 | PubMed |
| Free cholesterol in large LDL | G | β 0.01 | 8E-11 | PubMed |
| Total free cholesterol levels | G | β 0.01 | 1E-10 | PubMed |
| Hearing loss | — | OR 0.97 | 2E-9 | PubMed |
| Traumatic brain injury (TBI) | A | β 0.033 | 1E-8 | PubMed |
| Age-related hearing impairment (MTAG) | — | OR 5.74 | 1E-8 | PubMed |
| Metabolic syndrome | A | β 0.089 | 2E-8 | PubMed |
| Sex hormone-binding globulin levels | G | OR 0.78 | 4E-8 | PubMed |
| Age-related hearing impairment | A | β 0.005 | 5E-8 | PubMed |
| Hearing difficulty | — | — | 1E-7 | PubMed |
Sources
- dbSNP: rs62033400 — the reference record
- ClinVar — clinical interpretations submitted by laboratories
- SNPedia — community-written summaries
- GWAS Catalog — association studies