rs4845618(G;T)

1.7x increased melanoma risk

Magnitude
1.5Minor
Repute
Bad
Frequency
51%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs4845618(G;T)
Gene
IL6R

Frequency

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

  • Gujarati Indian60%
  • Luhya (Kenya)58%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)55%
  • Tuscan53%
  • European ancestry (Utah)51%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)49%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)48%
  • Chinese (Denver)48%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)47%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)47%
  • Maasai (Kenya)42%

Other genotypes of rs4845618

  1. G;GNot ratednormalTypical · 0.024% of people
  2. T;TNot ratednormal?Typical · 0.025% of people

All about rs4845618

Source and license

Adapted from rs4845618(G;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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