rs189798(A;G)

Decreased high myopia risk

Magnitude
2.0Worth knowing
Repute
Good
Frequency
40%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs189798(C;T)Minus strand
Gene
None listed

Frequency

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

  • Gujarati Indian52%
  • Tuscan47%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)47%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)40%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)39%
  • Luhya (Kenya)39%
  • Chinese (Denver)38%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)35%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)35%
  • European ancestry (Utah)34%
  • Maasai (Kenya)33%

Other genotypes of rs189798

  1. G;GNot ratednormal high myopia riskWorth knowing · 2.040% of people
  2. A;AMost notableGooddecreased high myopia riskWorth knowing · 2.121% of people

All about rs189798

Notes

From SNPedia

Less risk of high myopia (in French people). 34.2% of French people without high myopia have T here, but only 21.1% of controls do.(table)

References

Source and license

Adapted from rs189798(C;T) 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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