rs8192284(C;C)

2.5x increased risk of multiple myeloma versus AA genotype

Magnitude
0.0Typical
Repute
Bad
Frequency
11%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs8192284(C;C)
Gene
IL6R

Frequency

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

  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)31%
  • Chinese (Denver)22%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)15%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)14%
  • European ancestry (Utah)14%
  • Tuscan14%
  • Gujarati Indian3%
  • Maasai (Kenya)3%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)<1%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)0%
  • Luhya (Kenya)0%

Other genotypes of rs8192284

  1. A;AMost notableGoodreduced risk of multiple myelomaTypical · 0.054% of people
  2. A;CBad1.7x increased melanoma riskTypical · 0.036% of people

All about rs8192284

Source and license

Adapted from rs8192284(C;C) 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.