Geno
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Mag
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Summary
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(A;A)
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1
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Normal risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis
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(A;C)
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2
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1.94x risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis
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(C;C)
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2.5
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1.94x risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis
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rs3738919, a SNP located in the ITGAV gene, was identified in a European study to be associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). [PMID 17615072]
The risk allele for rs3738919 is the more common allele, (C). For the three European Caucasian populations studied (372 RA patients + 330 controls), and combining the (C;C) and (A;C) genotypes in comparison to the (A;A) genotype, the odds ratio for RA = 1.94 (CI: 1.3–2.9, p = 0.002). There was no significant difference in RA risk between those carrying one or two (C) alleles. [PMID 17615072]
An editorial about this finding has been published. [PMID 18001496]
[PMID 19818132] The ITGAV rs3738919 variant and susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis in four Caucasian sample sets