rs688(T;T)

1.5x higher risk for males of Alzheimer's; higher total and LDL cholesterol in females

Magnitude
0.0Typical
Repute
Not rated
Frequency
7%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs688(T;T)
Gene
LDLR

Frequency

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

  • European ancestry (Utah)20%
  • Gujarati Indian16%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)14%
  • Tuscan12%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)4%
  • Chinese (Denver)4%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)3%
  • Maasai (Kenya)<1%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)0%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)0%
  • Luhya (Kenya)0%

Other genotypes of rs688

  1. C;CMost notableGoodnormal riskTypical · 0.062% of people
  2. C;TNot ratednormal risk for Alzheimer's; higher total and LDL cholesterol in femalesTypical · 0.031% of people

All about rs688

Source and license

Adapted from rs688(T;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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