One copy of the 9p21 risk haplotype. Small, well-replicated increase in coronary disease risk independent of lipids.
9p21 is the original common CAD locus. It acts through vascular cell-cycle genes, not LDL. Heterozygotes have a modest increase (on the order of 15–25% relative). LPA SNPs that tag high lipoprotein(a) (rs10455872, rs3798220) were both non-risk here, which is favorable, but those two SNPs do not fully determine Lp(a). Standard prevention still dominates.
Once-in-a-lifetime Lp(a) plus a standard lipid panel is a reasonable conversation with a clinician. Blood pressure, not smoking, and fitness matter more than this SNP.
NOS3 · rs2070744 · T/T
eNOS −786 T/T
TypicalModerate
The promoter risk C allele is absent.
−786C is associated with lower endothelial nitric-oxide synthase transcription in some studies. T/T is the common non-risk promoter. The Glu298Asp SNP was not called on this extract.
The two SNPs that tag many high lipoprotein(a) haplotypes in Europeans are both non-risk.
Lp(a) is still best measured once directly. KIV-2 repeat number, the real driver, is not on this chip. A non-risk tag genotype makes very high Lp(a) less likely, not impossible.
PCSK9 · rs11591147 · G/G
No PCSK9 R46L
TypicalReplicated
The protective loss-of-function R46L allele is absent — the common background.
R46L (T) lowers LDL and coronary risk. G/G is the typical non-carrier state. SORT1 rs646776 is T/T (not the LDL-lowering C). None of this replaces a lipid panel.