TraitHigh for serum transferrin and total iron-binding capacity across European, East Asian, and African-ancestry cohorts; not a general iron-status result
Iron level (TF marker)
Iron level (TF marker) is a genetic trait Biome reports in its minerals panel: A TF version is linked to lower, middle, or higher amounts of transferrin, the protein that carries iron in your blood.
- Category
- Minerals
- Markers
- TF rs3811647 · genomic G/A
- Strength of evidence
- High for serum transferrin and total iron-binding capacity across European, East Asian, and African-ancestry cohorts; not a general iron-status result
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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