rs2853579
A SNP in the ABCA1 gene on chromosome 9. Its most notable genotype is G;G: common in clinvar
- Gene
- ABCA1
- Location
- Chr 9104,828,991 (GRCh38)
- Highest magnitude
- 0.0Typical
- Tested on
- Not on consumer chips
- Minor allele frequency
- 35%
Genotypes
Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.
SNPedia records rs2853579 on the minus strand: (C;C). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.
Frequency
Share of each genotype in 11 HapMap populations.
- AverageG;G 39%
- European ancestry (Utah)G;G 74%
- Han Chinese (Beijing)G;G 5%
- Japanese (Tokyo)G;G 20%
- Yoruba (Nigeria)G;G 22%
- African ancestry (Southwest US)G;G 34%
- Chinese (Denver)G;G 9%
- Gujarati IndianG;G 74%
- Luhya (Kenya)G;G 23%
- Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)G;G 59%
- Maasai (Kenya)G;G 37%
- TuscanG;G 72%
Related
Other ABCA1 SNPs
- rs4149268C;Tassociated with higher HDL cholesterolWorth knowing
- rs4149274G;GAssociated with higher HDL (good) cholesterol.Minor
- rs363717C;Ccommon in clinvarTypical
- rs2066714T;Tcommon in clinvarTypical
- rs2066715C;Ccommon in complete genomicsTypical
- rs2230808T;Tcommon in clinvarTypical
- rs2297404G;GNo summary available.Typical
- rs2515629A;Acommon in complete genomicsTypical
Source and license
Adapted from rs2853579 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.