rs1121980(A;A)

Moderate increase (2.76x) in risk for obesity

Magnitude
3.0Important
Repute
Bad
Frequency
16%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs1121980(T;T)Minus strand
Gene
FTO

Frequency

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

  • Tuscan28%
  • Maasai (Kenya)27%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)26%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)25%
  • Luhya (Kenya)24%
  • European ancestry (Utah)21%
  • Gujarati Indian9%
  • Chinese (Denver)5%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)4%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)4%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)2%

Other genotypes of rs1121980

  1. G;GGoodaverageTypical · 0.039% of people
  2. A;GBadSlight increase (1.67x) in risk for obesityWorth knowing · 2.545% of people

All about rs1121980

Source and license

Adapted from rs1121980(T;T) 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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