rs16942(C;C)

Very slightly increased breast cancer risk

Magnitude
2.0Worth knowing
Repute
Bad
Frequency
10%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs16942(G;G)Minus strand
Gene
BRCA1

Frequency

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

  • Gujarati Indian21%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)17%
  • Chinese (Denver)17%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)12%
  • Tuscan12%
  • European ancestry (Utah)11%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)8%
  • Luhya (Kenya)6%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)4%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)3%
  • Maasai (Kenya)3%

Other genotypes of rs16942

  1. T;TGoodcommon in clinvarTypical · 0.048% of people
  2. C;TMost notableBadvery slightly increased breast cancer riskWorth knowing · 2.042% of people

All about rs16942

Source and license

Adapted from rs16942(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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