rs3738579(A;A)

1.5x - 2x increased risk for cervical cancer, HNSCC, and breast cancer (reported in 2008)

Magnitude
1.1Minor
Repute
Bad
Frequency
66%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs3738579(T;T)Minus strand
Gene
RNASEL

Frequency

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

  • Luhya (Kenya)96%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)86%
  • Maasai (Kenya)79%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)77%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)70%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)69%
  • Chinese (Denver)65%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)59%
  • Tuscan43%
  • Gujarati Indian40%
  • European ancestry (Utah)38%

Other genotypes of rs3738579

  1. G;GMost notableBad0.6x decreased risk for cervical cancer, but 1.4x increased risk for HNSCC and 1.8x increased risk for breast cancer (reported in 2008)Minor · 1.15% of people
  2. A;GGood0.5x decreased risk for cervical cancer, HNSCC, and breast cancer (reported in 2008)Minor · 1.129% of people

All about rs3738579

Notes

From SNPedia

see discussion on main rs-page

Source and license

Adapted from rs3738579(T;T) 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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