rs11209032

A SNP in the IL23R gene on chromosome 1. Its most notable genotype is A;A: 1.3x higher risk for spondylitis

Gene
IL23R
Location
Chr 167,274,409 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
0.0Typical
Tested on
23andMe, AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA
Minor allele frequency
32%

Genotypes

As shown in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. A;AMost notableBad1.3x higher risk for spondylitisTypical · 0.013% of people
  2. A;GBad1.3x higher risk for spondylitisTypical · 0.043% of people
  3. G;GGoodnormal riskTypical · 0.044% of people

On SNPedia: (A;A), (A;G), (G;G). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.

Frequency

Share of each genotype in 11 HapMap populations.

  • AverageA;A 13% A;G 43% G;G 44%
  • European ancestry (Utah)A;A 10% A;G 41% G;G 49%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)A;A 23% A;G 54% G;G 23%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)A;A 19% A;G 47% G;G 35%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)A;A 7% A;G 32% G;G 61%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)A;A 5% A;G 37% G;G 58%
  • Chinese (Denver)A;A 24% A;G 55% G;G 21%
  • Gujarati IndianA;A 29% A;G 49% G;G 23%
  • Luhya (Kenya)A;A 5% A;G 34% G;G 62%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)A;A 4% A;G 35% G;G 61%
  • Maasai (Kenya)A;A 10% A;G 42% G;G 49%
  • TuscanA;A 8% A;G 53% G;G 39%

Conditions, medicines and genes

Notes

From SNPedia

Notes

rs11209032 is one of several SNPs in the IL23R gene that has been shown in a large (over 1,000 Caucasian patients) study to be associated with ankylosing spondylitis. The odds ratio is 1.3 (p=7.5x10e-9).PMID 17952073, PMID 18037607 rs11209032 and rs1495965 no significant association with systemic sclerosis

Source and license

Adapted from rs11209032 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.

SNPedia is a community-edited wiki. Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice. Magnitude is a community rating of how interesting a genotype is, not a risk score.