Genetic vulnerability to health conditions *

How can tellmeGen help you understand your genetic vulnerability?

Complex health conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, or high cholesterol, depend on many genes, each with a small effect, and also on your habits, your environment, and other factors. They are not caused by a single genetic variant. Thanks to advances in genetics, it is now possible to estimate your genetic vulnerability to these conditions, meaning, the predisposition that is written in your DNA.

Our genetic test analyzes your vulnerability to 107 health conditions. For each one, it combines your DNA variants that scientific studies have associated with it and compares your result with a reference population. This way you know if your genetic risk is lower, similar, or higher than average.

Genetics is only one part. Your lifestyle habits and your environment also influence, often as much or more than your genes, whether a condition appears. Therefore, low genetic vulnerability does not mean you will not suffer from it, and high vulnerability does not mean you will develop it.

With tellmeGen you will have information to talk with your healthcare professional and decide together on your prevention and your check-ups. These reports are predictive and informative: they are not a diagnosis. If any of them concern you, you can choose not to see it and consult it when you want, and request genetic counseling with our team to interpret it.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm A U

Abdominal hernia A U

Actinic keratosis A U

Addison's disease A U

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis A U

Age-related hearing impairment A U

Age-related macular degeneration A U

Allergic rhinitis A U

Alzheimer's disease A U

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis A U

Angina pectoris A U

Anxiety A U

Arterial hypertension A U

Asthma A U

Atopic dermatitis A U

Atrial fibrillation A U

Barrett's esophagus A U

Basal cell carcinoma A U

Benign prostatic hyperplasia A U

Bipolar disorder A U

Carpal tunnel syndrome A U

Cataracts A U

Chronic kidney disease A U

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia A U

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease A U

Colon polyp A U

Colorectal cancer A U

Coronary heart disease A U

Crohn's disease A U

Cutaneous malignant melanoma A U

Deep vein thrombosis A U

Depression A U

Diabetes mellitus type 1 A U

Diabetes mellitus type 2 A U

Diaphragmatic hernia A U

Diverticulosis - Diverticulitis A U

Dupuytren's disease A U

Endometrial cancer A U

Endometriosis A U

Fasciitis A U

Gallstones A U

Gastroesophageal reflux disease A U

General osteoarthritis A U

Haemorrhoidal disease A U

Hallux valgus A U

Hashimoto's thyroiditis A U

Headaches A U

Heart failure A U

Hypercholesterolemia A U

Hyperlipidemia A U

Hypothyroidism A U

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis A U

Inguinal hernia A U

Intracranial aneurysm A U

Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy A U

Ischemic stroke A U

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis A U

Keratoconus A U

Lung cancer A U

Macular telangiectasia type 2 A U

Migraines A U

Monoclonal Gammopathy of Uncertain Significance A U

Multiple myeloma A U

Multiple sclerosis A U

Myeloproliferative neoplasms A U

Myocardial infarction A U

Narcolepsy A U

Nasal polyps A U

Neuroblastoma A U

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease A U

Non-celiac intestinal malabsorption A U

Non-medullary thyroid cancer A U

Non-syndromic cleft lip A U

Non-toxic multinodular goiter A U

Open angle glaucoma A U

Oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer A U

Osteoarthritis of the hip A U

Osteoarthritis of the knee A U

Osteoporosis A U

Pancreatic cancer A U

Parkinson's disease A U

Peripheral arterial disease A U

Polycystic ovary syndrome A U

Primary Biliary Cirrhosis A U

Prostate cancer A U

Psoriasis A U

Pulmonary embolism A U

Restless legs syndrome A U

Rheumatoid arthritis A U

Sarcoidosis A U

Schizophrenia A U

Sensorineural hearing loss A U

Spinal canal stenosis A U

Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin A U

Systemic lupus erythematosus A U

Systemic sclerosis A U

Testicular germ cell cancer A U

Ulcerative colitis A U

Urolithiasis A U

Uterine leiomyoma A U

Uterine prolapse A U

Varicose veins A U

Vitiligo A U

Advanced

Ultra

What genetic tests include the genetic vulnerability report to health conditions?

These reports are included in the Advanced and Ultra genetic analyses.

With them you will also have access to your results for hereditary conditions, pharmacogenetics, personal traits, wellness and ancestry, and to the DNA Connect service. If you want the most comprehensive information, Ultra analyzes your entire genome and includes 282 hereditary conditions.

What health conditions can be influenced by genetics?

All genetically based pathologies are influenced by genetics, to a greater or lesser degree. Even pathologies caused by external factors can be conditioned to the individual's genome.

Among the conditions in which genetic predisposition has a more known weight are cardiovascular ones, diabetes, some types of cancer, autoimmune diseases, and various neurological disorders.

How long will my genetic vulnerability test results take?

The results of your analysis, including this report, are usually available 4 to 6 weeks after the lab receives your sample.

The deadline depends on the workload at any given time. We do not shorten it at the expense of the quality of the result, which is our priority.

How is the genetic vulnerability report for health conditions?

Here you can see an example of the results from this section. You will see the list of the 107 conditions we analyze; click on each one to see its technical report.

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