Carina1962
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Has anyone bought a DNA testing kit to find out about their health? And whether it has thrown up diabetes or not stated diabetes even though one has it?
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DNA TESTING KITS
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I bought a 23andMe kit a few years ago, primarily to see what it might reveal about ancestry (and before I realised, I was paying the company to make money from my data!)
As part of its "health dispositions" it calculates a polygenic risk score for Diabetes, and mine says I have an increased risk (18% ) of developing diabetes (they don't know I have diabetes!) between now and age 80. The average risk would be more like 10%.
It is not an FDA approved report.
The diabetes score has been criticised because of the skewed demographics for 23anMe's database (e.g predominantly white), and 23andMe
now say their estimates are based on participants of European descent.
As part of its "health dispositions" it calculates a polygenic risk score for Diabetes, and mine says I have an increased risk (18% ) of developing diabetes (they don't know I have diabetes!) between now and age 80. The average risk would be more like 10%.
It is not an FDA approved report.
The diabetes score has been criticised because of the skewed demographics for 23anMe's database (e.g predominantly white), and 23andMe
now say their estimates are based on participants of European descent.
