TraitHigh for small serum-iron and transferrin-saturation associations in European-ancestry cohorts; no disease or supplement-response result
Iron level (TMPRSS6 marker)
Iron level (TMPRSS6 marker) is a genetic trait Biome reports in its minerals panel: A TMPRSS6 version is linked to lower, middle, or higher blood iron and how full your iron-carrying proteins are.
- Category
- Minerals
- Markers
- TMPRSS6 rs855791 · genomic A/G
- Strength of evidence
- High for small serum-iron and transferrin-saturation associations in European-ancestry cohorts; no disease or supplement-response 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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