rs1229984(C;C)

Normal oral/throat cancer risk; more frequent alcohol consumption

Magnitude
1.1Minor
Repute
Not rated
Frequency
52%Average of 4 populations
On SNPedia
rs1229984(G;G)Minus strand
Gene
ADH1B

Frequency

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

  • European ancestry (Utah)100%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)100%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)5%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)4%

Other genotypes of rs1229984

  1. T;TMost notableGood0.56x decreased risk of oral/throat cancersWorth knowing · 2.028% of people
  2. C;TGood0.56x decreased risk of oral/throat cancersWorth knowing · 2.020% of people

All about rs1229984

Source and license

Adapted from rs1229984(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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