rs1532624

A SNP in the CETP gene on chromosome 16. Its most notable genotype is C;C: common in clinvar

Gene
CETP
Location
Chr 1656,971,567 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
0.0Typical
Tested on
23andMe, AncestryDNA
Minor allele frequency
31%

Genotypes

Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. C;CMost notableGoodcommon in clinvarTypical · 0.052% of people

SNPedia records rs1532624 on the minus strand: (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.

  • AverageC;C 52%
  • European ancestry (Utah)C;C 29%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)C;C 46%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)C;C 52%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)C;C 85%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)C;C 72%
  • Chinese (Denver)C;C 50%
  • Gujarati IndianC;C 22%
  • Luhya (Kenya)C;C 86%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)C;C 43%
  • Maasai (Kenya)C;C 56%
  • TuscanC;C 37%

Other CETP SNPs

All CETP SNPs

Notes

From SNPedia

Show notes, about 130 words

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Source and license

Adapted from rs1532624 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.