Genetic variant
rs34599082
rs34599082 is a single-letter difference in human DNA, on chromosome 1. 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 rs34599082 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 rs34599082, 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
- rs34599082
- Position
- chr1:159205704
Genome-wide association studies (20)
| Trait | Risk allele | OR / beta | P-value | Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neutrophil count | T | OR 0.2 | 1E-94 | PubMed |
| Neutrophil count | C | OR 0.17 | 7E-94 | PubMed |
| White blood cell count | T | OR 0.18 | 3E-79 | PubMed |
| White blood cell count | T | OR 0.15 | 2E-77 | PubMed |
| CCL14/CST3 protein level ratio | — | OR 0.48 | 6E-65 | PubMed |
| White blood cell count | — | — | 2E-63 | PubMed |
| Neutrophil count | T | OR 0.17 | 5E-59 | PubMed |
| White blood cell count | T | OR 0.14 | 2E-52 | PubMed |
| Lymphocyte percentage of white cells | T | OR 0.13 | 5E-45 | PubMed |
| White blood cell count | T | OR 0.14 | 1E-44 | PubMed |
| Neutrophil percentage of white cells | T | OR 0.13 | 5E-44 | PubMed |
| Neutrophill percentage (UKB data field 30200) | T | OR 0.12 | 9E-42 | PubMed |
| Lymphocyte percentage (UKB data field 30180) | T | OR 0.11 | 2E-39 | PubMed |
| Monocyte count | T | OR 0.12 | 3E-34 | PubMed |
| C-X-C motif chemokine 1 levels | — | OR 0.8 | 4E-34 | PubMed |
| Myeloid white cell count | T | OR 0.18 | 6E-31 | PubMed |
| Sum neutrophil eosinophil counts | T | OR 0.17 | 9E-30 | PubMed |
| Neutrophil count | T | OR 0.17 | 2E-29 | PubMed |
| Granulocyte count | T | OR 0.17 | 9E-29 | PubMed |
| Sum basophil neutrophil counts | T | OR 0.17 | 2E-28 | PubMed |
Sources
- dbSNP: rs34599082 — the reference record
- ClinVar — clinical interpretations submitted by laboratories
- SNPedia — community-written summaries
- GWAS Catalog — association studies