rs189798(G;G)

Normal high myopia risk

Magnitude
2.0Worth knowing
Repute
Not rated
Frequency
40%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs189798(C;C)Minus strand
Gene
None listed

Frequency

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

  • Maasai (Kenya)63%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)61%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)60%
  • European ancestry (Utah)59%
  • Luhya (Kenya)53%
  • Tuscan40%
  • Gujarati Indian30%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)26%
  • Chinese (Denver)17%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)15%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)12%

Other genotypes of rs189798

  1. A;GGooddecreased 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

Normal (higher) risk of high myopia (in French people).(table)

References

Source and license

Adapted from rs189798(C;C) 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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