TraitHigh for measured LDL cholesterol in European, African, East Asian, Hispanic/Latino and South Asian cohorts
LDL cholesterol tendency (SORT1 locus)
LDL cholesterol tendency (SORT1 locus) is a genetic trait Biome reports in its weight & metabolism panel: A common version at the CELSR2-PSRC1-SORT1 spot on chromosome 1 is linked to higher or lower LDL cholesterol in your blood.
- Category
- Weight & metabolism
- Markers
- CELSR2/PSRC1/SORT1 rs12740374
- Strength of evidence
- High for measured LDL cholesterol in European, African, East Asian, Hispanic/Latino and South 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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