rs17817449(G;G)

~1.7x increased obesity risk

Magnitude
0.0Typical
Repute
Bad
Frequency
12%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs17817449(G;G)
Gene
FTO

Frequency

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

  • Maasai (Kenya)25%
  • Tuscan24%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)21%
  • European ancestry (Utah)18%
  • Luhya (Kenya)17%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)16%
  • Gujarati Indian7%
  • Chinese (Denver)3%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)3%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)2%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)2%

Other genotypes of rs17817449

  1. G;TBad~1.3x increased obesity riskTypical · 0.040% of people
  2. T;TNot ratednormalTypical · 0.048% of people

All about rs17817449

Source and license

Adapted from rs17817449(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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