rs688(C;T)

Normal risk for Alzheimer's; higher total and LDL cholesterol in females

Magnitude
0.0Typical
Repute
Not rated
Frequency
31%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs688(C;T)
Gene
LDLR

Frequency

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

  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)59%
  • Tuscan56%
  • Gujarati Indian46%
  • European ancestry (Utah)44%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)32%
  • Chinese (Denver)30%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)27%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)20%
  • Maasai (Kenya)19%
  • Luhya (Kenya)7%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)5%

Other genotypes of rs688

  1. C;CMost notableGoodnormal riskTypical · 0.062% of people
  2. T;TNot rated1.5x higher risk for males of Alzheimer's; higher total and LDL cholesterol in femalesTypical · 0.07% of people

All about rs688

Source and license

Adapted from rs688(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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