rs3798220(C;T)

2-3x higher risk for cardiovascular events, which can be lowered by aspirin

Magnitude
2.3Worth knowing
Repute
Bad
Frequency
11%Average of 7 populations
On SNPedia
rs3798220(C;T)
Gene
LPA

Frequency

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

  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)23%
  • Chinese (Denver)19%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)18%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)16%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)4%
  • European ancestry (Utah)0%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)0%

Other genotypes of rs3798220

  1. C;CMost notableBad2-3x higher risk for cardiovascular events, which can be lowered by aspirinWorth knowing · 2.6<1% of people
  2. T;TGoodnormalTypical · 0.088% of people

All about rs3798220

Source and license

Adapted from rs3798220(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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