rs2229616(C;T)

Lower risk of metabolic syndrome

Magnitude
2.0Worth knowing
Repute
Good
Frequency
5%Average of 10 populations
On SNPedia
rs2229616(A;G)Minus strand
Gene
MC4R

Frequency

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

  • African ancestry (Southwest US)12%
  • Chinese (Denver)7%
  • Luhya (Kenya)7%
  • Gujarati Indian6%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)6%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)3%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)3%
  • Tuscan2%
  • European ancestry (Utah)2%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)<1%

Other genotypes of rs2229616

  1. T;TMost notableGoodlower risk of metabolic syndromeWorth knowing · 2.1<1% of people
  2. C;CBadnormalTypical · 0.095% of people
  3. C;CGoodlower BMI; decreased obesity riskWorth knowing · 2.095% of people

All about rs2229616

Source and license

Adapted from rs2229616(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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