rs1799884(C;T)

1.3x increased risk for Type 2 Diabetes. Mothers have babies 27g heavier.

Magnitude
2.0Worth knowing
Repute
Bad
Frequency
30%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs1799884(A;G)Minus strand
Gene
GCK

Frequency

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

  • Luhya (Kenya)37%
  • Tuscan37%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)34%
  • Chinese (Denver)33%
  • Maasai (Kenya)32%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)30%
  • European ancestry (Utah)27%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)26%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)25%
  • Gujarati Indian24%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)23%

Other genotypes of rs1799884

  1. T;TMost notableBad2.7x increased risk for Type 2 Diabetes. Mothers have babies 54g heavier.Important · 3.03% of people
  2. C;CGoodMothers have typical Birth-Weight babies. Slightly lower risk of Type 2 Diabetes.Worth knowing · 2.067% of people

All about rs1799884

Notes

From SNPedia

Slightly increased Birth Weight for babies whose mother has this SNP.

Source and license

Adapted from rs1799884(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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