rs3738579(A;G)

0.5x decreased risk for cervical cancer, HNSCC, and breast cancer (reported in 2008)

Magnitude
1.1Minor
Repute
Good
Frequency
29%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs3738579(C;T)Minus strand
Gene
RNASEL

Frequency

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

  • European ancestry (Utah)50%
  • Gujarati Indian47%
  • Tuscan43%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)36%
  • Chinese (Denver)31%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)28%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)24%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)23%
  • Maasai (Kenya)21%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)14%
  • Luhya (Kenya)4%

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;ABad1.5x - 2x increased risk for cervical cancer, HNSCC, and breast cancer (reported in 2008)Minor · 1.166% of people

All about rs3738579

Notes

From SNPedia

see discussion on main rs-page

Source and license

Adapted from rs3738579(C;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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