rs6684439(C;T)

1.7x increased melanoma risk

Magnitude
0.0Typical
Repute
Bad
Frequency
45%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs6684439(C;T)
Gene
IL6R

Frequency

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

  • Han Chinese (Beijing)51%
  • Tuscan50%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)50%
  • Luhya (Kenya)48%
  • Gujarati Indian48%
  • European ancestry (Utah)44%
  • Chinese (Denver)44%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)44%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)43%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)40%
  • Maasai (Kenya)33%

Other genotypes of rs6684439

  1. C;CMost notableNot ratednormalTypical · 0.041% of people
  2. T;TNot ratednormal?Typical · 0.014% of people

All about rs6684439

Source and license

Adapted from rs6684439(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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