rs4149274

A SNP in the ABCA1 gene on chromosome 9. Its most notable genotype is G;G: Associated with higher HDL (good) cholesterol.

Gene
ABCA1
Location
Chr 9104,877,133 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
1.5Minor
Tested on
23andMe, AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA
Minor allele frequency
29%

Genotypes

Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. G;GMost notableGoodAssociated with higher HDL (good) cholesterol.Minor · 1.557% of people
  2. A;GGoodassociated with higher HDL (good) cholesterolMinor · 1.540% of people

SNPedia records rs4149274 on the minus strand: (C;C), (C;T). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.

Frequency

Share of each genotype in 3 HapMap populations.

  • AverageG;G 57% A;G 40%
  • European ancestry (Utah)G;G 62% A;G 36%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)G;G 61% A;G 39%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)G;G 48% A;G 45%

Conditions, medicines and genes

Notes

From SNPedia

Notes

C allele is associated with 1.51mg/dl increase in HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol).

Source and license

Adapted from rs4149274 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.