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TraitSupported for a qualitative clearing-speed association in Japanese and mostly Ashkenazi Jewish men

How fast you break down alcohol

How fast you break down alcohol is a genetic trait Biome reports in its food & drink panel: An ADH1B version is linked to clearing alcohol from your body faster.

Category
Food & drink
Markers
ADH1B rs1229984
Strength of evidence
Supported for a qualitative clearing-speed association in Japanese and mostly Ashkenazi Jewish men

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.

Biome DNA test

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