rs16942(C;T)

Very slightly increased breast cancer risk

Magnitude
2.0Worth knowing
Repute
Bad
Frequency
42%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs16942(A;G)Minus strand
Gene
BRCA1

Frequency

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

  • Chinese (Denver)54%
  • Gujarati Indian50%
  • Tuscan48%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)46%
  • European ancestry (Utah)45%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)42%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)41%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)39%
  • Maasai (Kenya)36%
  • Luhya (Kenya)32%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)31%

Other genotypes of rs16942

  1. T;TGoodcommon in clinvarTypical · 0.048% of people
  2. C;CBadvery slightly increased breast cancer riskWorth knowing · 2.010% of people

All about rs16942

Source and license

Adapted from rs16942(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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