rs1042522(C;C)

Common variant. Slightly shorter lifespan.

Magnitude
2.0Worth knowing
Repute
Bad
Frequency
34%Average of 4 populations
On SNPedia
rs1042522(G;G)Minus strand
Gene
TP53

Frequency

Share of people with C;C in each HapMap population.

  • European ancestry (Utah)62%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)41%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)22%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)11%

Other genotypes of rs1042522

  1. G;GMost notableGoodLive 3 years longer. Chemotherapy is more effective.Important · 3.024% of people
  2. C;GGoodSlightly increased lifespan?Worth knowing · 2.042% of people

All about rs1042522

Notes

From SNPedia

Chemotherapy is less effective. Accelerated lung decline in smokers. African Americans have 2.15x risk of dying from colo-rectal cancer.

References

Source and license

Adapted from rs1042522(G;G) on SNPedia, using a snapshot taken October 16, 2026. SNPedia content is shared under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US, and this page is shared under the same license.

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