rs16944(A;G)

Minorly increased risk of mental illness and osteoarthritis

Magnitude
1.5Minor
Repute
Bad
Frequency
47%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs16944(A;G)
Gene
IL1B

Frequency

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

  • Gujarati Indian53%
  • Maasai (Kenya)49%
  • Tuscan49%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)48%
  • Chinese (Denver)48%
  • Luhya (Kenya)46%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)46%
  • European ancestry (Utah)45%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)45%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)44%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)42%

Other genotypes of rs16944

  1. A;AMost notableBadIncreased risk (~3x) for osteoarthritisWorth knowing · 2.028% of people
  2. G;GBadSlightly increased (~2x or less) risk for certain mental disordersWorth knowing · 2.025% of people

All about rs16944

Source and license

Adapted from rs16944(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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