Genetic variant
rs6984305
rs6984305 is a single-letter difference in human DNA, on chromosome 8. 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 rs6984305 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 rs6984305, 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
- rs6984305
- Position
- chr8:9320758
Genome-wide association studies (16)
| Trait | Risk allele | OR / beta | P-value | Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLSTN2 protein levels | T | β 0.096 | 6E-31 | PubMed |
| HDL cholesterol levels x long total sleep time interaction (2df test) | — | β 0.013 | 3E-28 | PubMed |
| CLSTN3 protein levels | T | β 0.085 | 3E-26 | PubMed |
| APOM/MCAM protein level ratio | — | β 0.097 | 4E-21 | PubMed |
| ENG protein levels | T | β 0.067 | 3E-18 | PubMed |
| Serum alkaline phosphatase levels | A | β 0.06 | 2E-16 | PubMed |
| IGFBP7 protein levels | T | β 0.061 | 6E-15 | PubMed |
| ENPP2 protein levels | T | β 0.051 | 1E-14 | PubMed |
| Drinks per week | T | β 0.011 | 2E-14 | PubMed |
| PRND protein levels | T | β 0.06 | 6E-14 | PubMed |
| Drinks per week | T | β 0.009 | 1E-12 | PubMed |
| X-12844 levels | T | OR 0.17 | 4E-12 | PubMed |
| CNTN1 protein levels | T | β 0.048 | 8E-12 | PubMed |
| CD93 protein levels | T | β 0.056 | 9E-12 | PubMed |
| Liver enzyme levels (alkaline phosphatase) | A | OR 2.7 | 2E-10 | PubMed |
| HDL cholesterol levels | A | OR 1.67 | 3E-6 | PubMed |
Sources
- dbSNP: rs6984305 — the reference record
- ClinVar — clinical interpretations submitted by laboratories
- SNPedia — community-written summaries
- GWAS Catalog — association studies