Genetic variant
rs7200543
rs7200543 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 rs7200543 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 rs7200543, 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
- rs7200543
- Position
- chr16:15036113
Genome-wide association studies (20)
| Trait | Risk allele | OR / beta | P-value | Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Docosahexaenoic acid levels | G | — | 2E-140 | PubMed |
| Cholesteryl ester_20:3_[M+NH4]1+ levels | G | OR 0.17 | 3E-54 | PubMed |
| 1-stearoyl-2-dihomo-linolenoyl-GPC (18:0/20:3n3 or 6) levels | A | OR 0.17 | 8E-54 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine_38:2_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidylethanolamine_41:2_[M+H]1+ levels | G | OR 0.24 | 1E-49 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine_38:3_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidylethanolamine_41:3_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidate_43:4_[M+NH4]1+ levels | G | OR 0.22 | 3E-40 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine diacyl C38:3 levels | A | OR 13.12 | 3E-39 | PubMed |
| Height | G | β 0.022 | 4E-21 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine_37:3_[M+OAc]1-/Phosphatidylserine_41:2_[M-H]1- levels | G | β 0.081 | 1E-17 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine diacyl C38:3 levels | A | β 0.041 | 3E-17 | PubMed |
| Body mass index | G | β 0.012 | 8E-17 | PubMed |
| Metabolic traits | G | β 0.073 | 5E-16 | PubMed |
| Fatty acid(20:3)_[M-H]1- levels | G | β 0.065 | 3E-15 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine_34:2_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidylethanolamine_37:2_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidate_39:3_[M+NH4]1+ levels | G | β 0.096 | 5E-15 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine diacyl C36:3 levels | A | OR 7.3 | 3E-13 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine diacyl C36:4 levels | A | OR 7.26 | 4E-13 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine_35:2_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidylethanolamine_38:2_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidate_40:3_[M+NH4]1+ levels | G | β 0.091 | 2E-12 | PubMed |
| Serum albumin levels | G | β 0.015 | 2E-11 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine(36:3)_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidylethanolamine(39:3)_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidate(41:4)_[M+NH4]1+ levels | A | β 0.063 | 2E-10 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylethanolamine(40:2)_[M-H]1- levels | C | β 0.057 | 2E-10 | PubMed |
| Phosphatidylcholine(38:3)_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidylethanolamine(41:3)_[M+H]1+/Phosphatidate(43:4)_[M+NH4]1+ levels | C | β 0.059 | 2E-10 | PubMed |
Sources
- dbSNP: rs7200543 — the reference record
- ClinVar — clinical interpretations submitted by laboratories
- SNPedia — community-written summaries
- GWAS Catalog — association studies