rs279858(C;C)

Apparently more prone to alcoholism

Magnitude
2.1Worth knowing
Repute
Bad
Frequency
14%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs279858(G;G)Minus strand
Gene
GABRA2

Frequency

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

  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)28%
  • European ancestry (Utah)25%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)20%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)20%
  • Chinese (Denver)17%
  • Tuscan14%
  • Maasai (Kenya)12%
  • Luhya (Kenya)6%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)5%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)5%
  • Gujarati Indian4%

Other genotypes of rs279858

  1. T;TNot ratedNo summary available.Typical · 0.041% of people
  2. C;TNot ratedNo summary available.Typical · 0.044% of people

All about rs279858

Notes

From SNPedia

interacts with the medicine Finasteride

Source and license

Adapted from rs279858(G;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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