Marker

rs16969968

rs16969968 is a CHRNA5 missense variant, c.1192G>A and p.Asp398Asn. Among people who smoke, each forward-strand A copy has a small link to smoking more and to stronger nicotine-dependence measures. It does not predict whether someone will start smoking, quit, or develop dependence.

Traits rs16969968 reads

Nicotine dependence tendency

Gene

CHRNA5

Reference databases

dbSNP: rs16969968

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