rs738409(C;C)

Most common genotype; slightly less damage from alcohol

Magnitude
2.1Worth knowing
Repute
Good
Frequency
53%Average of 4 populations
On SNPedia
rs738409(G;G)Minus strand
Gene
PNPLA3

Frequency

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

  • Yoruba (Nigeria)76%
  • European ancestry (Utah)55%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)44%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)36%

Other genotypes of rs738409

  1. G;GMost notableBadhigher odds of alcoholic liver disease, increased liver fatImportant · 3.110% of people
  2. C;GBadincreased liver fat, odds of alcoholic liver diseaseWorth knowing · 2.037% of people

All about rs738409

Source and license

Adapted from rs738409(G;G) 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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