rs17234657

A SNP on chromosome 5. Its most notable genotype is A;A.

Gene
None listed
Location
Chr 540,401,407 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
0.0Typical
Tested on
23andMe, AncestryDNA
Minor allele frequency
11%

Genotypes

As shown in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. A;AMost notableNot ratedNo summary available.Typical · 0.00% of people
  2. G;GNot rated2.3x riskTypical · 0.02% of people
  3. G;TNot rated1.5x riskTypical · 0.018% of people
  4. T;TNot ratednormalTypical · 0.080% of people

On SNPedia: (A;A), (G;G), (G;T), (T;T). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.

Frequency

Share of each genotype in 10 HapMap populations.

  • AverageA;A 0% G;G 2% G;T 18% T;T 80%
  • European ancestry (Utah)A;A 0% G;G 4% G;T 25% T;T 71%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)A;A 0% G;G 0% G;T <1% T;T 99%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)A;A 0% G;G 0% G;T 0% T;T 100%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)A;A 0% G;G 6% G;T 30% T;T 64%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)A;A 0% G;G 2% G;T 37% T;T 61%
  • Gujarati IndianA;A 0% G;G 0% G;T 3% T;T 97%
  • Luhya (Kenya)A;A 0% G;G 5% G;T 38% T;T 57%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)A;A 0% G;G 0% G;T 9% T;T 91%
  • Maasai (Kenya)A;A 0% G;G 5% G;T 22% T;T 74%
  • TuscanA;A 0% G;G 3% G;T 14% T;T 83%

Conditions, medicines and genes

Notes

From SNPedia

Notes

rs17234657 has been reported in a large study to be associated with Crohn's disease. The risk allele (oriented to the dbSNP entry) is (G); the odds ratio associated with heterozygotes is 1.54 (CI 1.34-1.76), and for homozygotes, 2.32 (CI 1.59-3.39).

Source and license

Adapted from rs17234657 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.