rs5082(G;G)

Saturated fat contributes to obesity, but 0.57 % lower risk for coronary artery disease

Magnitude
2.5Worth knowing
Repute
Not rated
Frequency
5%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs5082(C;C)Minus strand
Gene
APOA2

Frequency

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

  • European ancestry (Utah)18%
  • Tuscan17%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)5%
  • Gujarati Indian4%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)4%
  • Luhya (Kenya)3%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)2%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)0%
  • Chinese (Denver)0%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)0%
  • Maasai (Kenya)0%

Other genotypes of rs5082

  1. A;GNot ratednormal riskTypical · 0.031% of people
  2. A;ANot ratednormal riskTypical · 0.064% of people

All about rs5082

Notes

From SNPedia

PMID 17446329 rs5082(C;C) associated with increased Body Mass Index and food intake in the Genetics of Lipid Lowering Drugs and Diet Network (GOLDN) Study. PMID 18179799 rs5082(C;C) associated with significantly decreased risk of coronary heart diesease in an Australian male population news Tufts University scientists said they discovered men and women carrying the CC genotype demonstrated higher body mass index scores and a higher incidence of obesity, but only if they consumed a diet high in saturated fat.

References

Source and license

Adapted from rs5082(C;C) 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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