TraitHigh for measured LDL cholesterol in European, African, Hispanic/Latino and South Asian cohorts; the lowering allele is absent in East Asian cohorts
LDL cholesterol tendency (PCSK9)
LDL cholesterol tendency (PCSK9) is a genetic trait Biome reports in its weight & metabolism panel: An uncommon PCSK9 version is linked to lower LDL cholesterol in your blood.
- Category
- Weight & metabolism
- Markers
- PCSK9 rs11591147
- Strength of evidence
- High for measured LDL cholesterol in European, African, Hispanic/Latino and South Asian cohorts; the lowering allele is absent in East Asian cohorts
Genes
Markers (rsIDs)
How Biome reads this
Biome's whole-genome test reads this from one saliva sample, alongside all 3.2 billion letters of your DNA.
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