rs6472

A SNP in the CYP21A2 gene on chromosome 6. Its most notable genotype is C;C: benign polymorphism

Gene
CYP21A2
Location
Chr 632,040,072 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
0.0Typical
Tested on
23andMe

Genotypes

As shown in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. C;CMost notableGoodbenign polymorphismTypical · 0.02% of people
  2. C;GGoodbenign polymorphismTypical · 0.015% of people
  3. G;GGoodcommon/normalTypical · 0.083% of people

On SNPedia: (C;C), (C;G), (G;G). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.

Frequency

Share of each genotype in 4 HapMap populations.

  • AverageC;C 2% C;G 15% G;G 83%
  • European ancestry (Utah)C;C 0% C;G 13% G;G 88%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)C;C 0% C;G 7% G;G 93%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)C;C 7% C;G 4% G;G 89%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)C;C 3% C;G 37% G;G 60%

Other CYP21A2 SNPs

All CYP21A2 SNPs

Notes

From SNPedia

Notes

C;C

benign polymorphism

C;G

benign polymorphism

Source and license

Adapted from rs6472 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.