rs27072(C;C)

2x risk of severe alcohol withdrawal. Possible increased odds of ADHD.

Magnitude
2.0Worth knowing
Repute
Bad
Frequency
69%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs27072(C;C)
Gene
SLC6A3

Frequency

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

  • African ancestry (Southwest US)86%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)78%
  • Maasai (Kenya)78%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)76%
  • Luhya (Kenya)72%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)71%
  • European ancestry (Utah)68%
  • Tuscan68%
  • Chinese (Denver)61%
  • Gujarati Indian54%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)52%

Other genotypes of rs27072

  1. C;TGoodLower risk of alcohol withdrawal seizures, and perhaps lower odds of ADHD.Minor · 1.928% of people
  2. T;TGoodLower risk of alcohol withdrawal seizures, and probably lower odds of ADHD.Minor · 1.93% of people

All about rs27072

Notes

From SNPedia

Alcoholics with this are twice as likely to have seizures during alcohol withdrawal.

Source and license

Adapted from rs27072(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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