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TraitHigh when call is present

Inherited iron-overload risk

Inherited iron-overload risk is a genetic trait Biome reports in its health risks panel: Whether your HFE gene carries the C282Y/H63D combinations linked to hereditary hemochromatosis (iron overload).

Category
Health risks
Markers
HFE C282Y rs1800562, H63D rs1799945
Strength of evidence
High when call is present

Genes

Markers (rsIDs)

How Biome reads this

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