rs11465804

A SNP in the IL23R gene on chromosome 1. Its most notable genotype is G;G: 0.68x lower risk for spondylitis

Gene
IL23R
Location
Chr 167,236,843 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
1.5Minor
Tested on
23andMe, AncestryDNA
Minor allele frequency
4%

Genotypes

As shown in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. G;GMost notableGood0.68x lower risk for spondylitisMinor · 1.5<1% of people
  2. G;TGood0.68x lower risk for spondylitisMinor · 1.58% of people
  3. T;TBadnormal riskTypical · 0.091% of people

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

Frequency

Share of each genotype in 9 HapMap populations.

  • AverageG;G <1% G;T 8% T;T 91%
  • European ancestry (Utah)G;G 0% G;T 9% T;T 91%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)G;G 0% G;T 0% T;T 100%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)G;G 0% G;T 0% T;T 100%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)G;G <1% G;T 5% T;T 95%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)G;G 0% G;T 9% T;T 91%
  • Luhya (Kenya)G;G 0% G;T 6% T;T 95%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)G;G 2% G;T 16% T;T 83%
  • Maasai (Kenya)G;G 1% G;T 14% T;T 85%
  • TuscanG;G 1% G;T 16% T;T 83%

Conditions, medicines and genes

Notes

From SNPedia

Notes

rs11465804 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 0.68 (p=0.0002).PMID 17952073, PMID 18037607

Source and license

Adapted from rs11465804 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.