rs7538876(A;A)

1.28x increased Basal Cell Carcinoma risk.

Magnitude
2.1Worth knowing
Repute
Bad
Frequency
8%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs7538876(A;A)
Gene
PADI6

Frequency

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

  • Gujarati Indian21%
  • European ancestry (Utah)15%
  • Tuscan12%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)11%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)10%
  • Maasai (Kenya)6%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)5%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)4%
  • Chinese (Denver)3%
  • Luhya (Kenya)3%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)0%

Other genotypes of rs7538876

  1. A;GNot ratedNormal risk of Basal Cell Carcinoma.Minor · 1.842% of people
  2. G;GGood0.78x decreased Basal Cell Carcinoma risk.Worth knowing · 2.050% of people

All about rs7538876

Notes

From SNPedia

Slightly higher risk of this kind of skin cancer. This is the most common kind of cancer in the United States. These skin cancers are less likely to metastasize than other skin cancers, but still need to be treated.

Source and license

Adapted from rs7538876(A;A) 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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