rs689470
A SNP in the PTGS2 gene on chromosome 1. Its most notable genotype is G;G.
- Gene
- PTGS2
- Location
- Chr 1186,671,926 (GRCh38)
- Highest magnitude
- 0.0Typical
- Tested on
- 23andMe, FamilyTreeDNA
- Minor allele frequency
- 13%
Genotypes
Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.
SNPedia records rs689470 on the minus strand: (C;C). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.
Frequency
Share of each genotype in 10 HapMap populations.
- AverageG;G 69%
- European ancestry (Utah)G;G 94%
- Han Chinese (Beijing)G;G 97%
- Japanese (Tokyo)G;G 98%
- Yoruba (Nigeria)G;G 24%
- African ancestry (Southwest US)G;G 39%
- Chinese (Denver)G;G 99%
- Gujarati IndianG;G 87%
- Luhya (Kenya)G;G 18%
- Maasai (Kenya)G;G 43%
- TuscanG;G 95%
Related
Other PTGS2 SNPs
- rs689466C;C1.4x higher risk for inflammatory bowel diseasesMinor
- rs5270G;Gcommon in complete genomicsTypical
- rs5275G;G0.68x decreased risk for bladder cancerTypical
- rs20415G;GNo summary available.Typical
- rs20417G;GNo summary available.Typical
- rs689465T;T1.5x increased risk for mild asthmaTypical
- rs689469C;CNo summary available.Typical
- rs2206593G;Gcommon in complete genomicsTypical
Source and license
Adapted from rs689470 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.