rs9939609(A;A)
From SNPedia
| obesity risk and 1.6x risk for T2D |
| Is a | genotype |
| of | rs9939609 |
| Gene | FTO |
| Chromosome | 16 |
| Position | 53,786,615 |
| mentioned | by |
| Magnitude | 3.0 |
| Repute | Bad |
| Geno | Mag | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| (A;A) | 3 | obesity risk and 1.6x risk for T2D |
| (A;T) | 2.4 | 1.3x risk for T2D; obesity risk |
| (T;T) | 1.5 | lower risk of obesity and Type-2 diabetes |
This genotype produces higher levels of the appetite-stimulating hormone ghrelin, increasing your risk of obesity and type-2 diabetes by roughly 60%.
