rs16969968 associated_with smoking behavior

Subject: rs16969968
Relation: associated_with
Object: smoking behavior
p-value: —

Evidence from: primary | all sources

Evidence (2 sources)

Genetic polymorphisms in 15q25 and 19q13 loci, cotinine levels, and risk of lung cancer in EPIC. (2011) PMID:21862624 cited

mediated through changes in propensity to smoke tobacco

confidence: 0.85

Convergence of genetic findings for nicotine dependence and smoking related diseases with chromosome 15q24-25. (2010) PMID:19896728 cited

Community based samples, lung cancer patients, and alcohol dependent subjects all show this same genetic association with smoking behavior.

confidence: 0.94