rs1061147(A;C)

Normal 0.97x risk for Age Related Macular Degeneration.

Magnitude
1.0Minor
Repute
Good
Frequency
33%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs1061147(A;C)
Gene
CFH

Frequency

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

  • European ancestry (Utah)50%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)48%
  • Maasai (Kenya)48%
  • Luhya (Kenya)44%
  • Gujarati Indian42%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)40%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)38%
  • Tuscan32%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)14%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)8%
  • Chinese (Denver)5%

Other genotypes of rs1061147

  1. A;AMost notableBad2.76x increased risk for Age Related Macular Degeneration.Worth knowing · 2.213% of people
  2. C;CGoodReduced 0.34x risk of Age Related Macular Degeneration.Worth knowing · 2.253% of people

All about rs1061147

Notes

From SNPedia

When the retina cells in the eye get damaged with age, it is known as Age Related Macular Degeneration. This SNP has about the average risk. The SENS Research Foundation is working on a promising cure for Age Related Macular Degeneration: http://www.sens.org/outreach/conferences/lysosens-synthetic-biology-approach-treat-age-related-macular-degeneration

Source and license

Adapted from rs1061147(A;C) 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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