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Variant (rsID / SNP)

rs1421085

FTO

rs1421085 is a genetic variant (SNP, identifier in the dbSNP catalogue) that the reference table assigns to FTO. Location: chromosome 16, position 53,800,954. Clinical significance in the table: risk factor.

Reference-table entries

FTORisk factor
Clinical significance (as recorded)
risk factor
Variant type
single nucleotide variant
Chromosome / position
16:53800954
Cytoband
16q12.2
HGVS
NM_001080432.3(FTO):c.46-43098T>C
Allele change
Silent

Associated conditions / phenotypes

OBESITY (BMIQ14), SUSCEPTIBILITY TO

Public references

Classifications are reproduced unchanged from the reference table. For education only; not a substitute for medical or genetic counselling.