rs1800562(A;G)

One copy of C282Y, carrier of hemochromatosis, likely unaffected unless also H63D carrier.

Magnitude
3.0Important
Repute
Bad
Frequency
3%Average of 9 populations
On SNPedia
rs1800562(A;G)
Gene
LOC108783645

Frequency

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

  • European ancestry (Utah)11%
  • Tuscan5%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)4%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)2%
  • Gujarati Indian1%
  • Chinese (Denver)<1%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)0%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)0%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)0%

Other genotypes of rs1800562

  1. A;AMost notableBadTwo copies of C282Y, likely affected by hemochromatosis which may be serious if male or post-menopausal.Very important · 5.10% of people
  2. G;GGoodNot a C282Y hemochromatosis carrier.Typical · 0.097% of people

All about rs1800562

Notes

From SNPedia

You are a carrier for rs1800562(A) C282Y Hereditary hemochromatosis. You are unlikely to be affected unless also a carrier of rs1799945(G) H63D, but others in your family may be. This is a treatable condition.

Source and license

Adapted from rs1800562(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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