rs1799930(A;G)

Possibly slightly increased risk of hearing loss

Magnitude
1.7Minor
Repute
Bad
Frequency
38%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs1799930(A;G)
Gene
NAT2

Frequency

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

  • Gujarati Indian48%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)47%
  • Maasai (Kenya)43%
  • Chinese (Denver)41%
  • Tuscan39%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)39%
  • Luhya (Kenya)39%
  • European ancestry (Utah)35%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)32%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)31%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)29%

Other genotypes of rs1799930

  1. A;AMost notableBadSomewhat increased risk of hearing lossWorth knowing · 2.47% of people
  2. G;GGoodNormalTypical · 0.055% of people

All about rs1799930

Notes

From SNPedia

One 2007 study reports 5.2x higher risk for Age Related Hearing Impairment(ARHI) for rs1799930(A;G) carriers, but no study since then has replicated this to our knowledge.

References

Source and license

Adapted from rs1799930(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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