rs2254958(G;G)

1.61x reported increased risk for Alzheimer's; however, see comments on main rs-page

Magnitude
1.5Minor
Repute
Bad
Frequency
44%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs2254958(C;C)Minus strand
Gene
EIF2AK2

Frequency

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

  • Luhya (Kenya)89%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)86%
  • Maasai (Kenya)72%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)68%
  • Gujarati Indian47%
  • European ancestry (Utah)35%
  • Tuscan33%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)33%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)10%
  • Chinese (Denver)8%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)0%

Other genotypes of rs2254958

  1. A;GBad1.24x reported increased risk for Alzheimer's; however, see comments on main rs-pageMinor · 1.234% of people
  2. A;AGoodcommonTypical · 0.022% of people

All about rs2254958

Source and license

Adapted from rs2254958(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.

SNPedia is a community-edited wiki. Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice. Magnitude is a community rating of how interesting a genotype is, not a risk score.