rs12970134(A;G)

Adult waist 0.9cm larger on average

Magnitude
0.0Typical
Repute
Bad
Frequency
32%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs12970134(A;G)
Gene
MC4R

Frequency

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

  • European ancestry (Utah)49%
  • Tuscan47%
  • Gujarati Indian41%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)32%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)30%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)29%
  • Maasai (Kenya)28%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)27%
  • Chinese (Denver)27%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)23%
  • Luhya (Kenya)18%

Other genotypes of rs12970134

  1. A;AMost notableBadadult waist 1.8cm larger on averageTypical · 0.05% of people
  2. G;GGoodnormalTypical · 0.064% of people

All about rs12970134

Source and license

Adapted from rs12970134(A;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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