TraitHigh for calculated free-testosterone direction in European-ancestry cohorts
Sex-hormone transport (SHBG)
Sex-hormone transport (SHBG) is a genetic trait Biome reports in its hormone pathways panel: An SHBG version is linked to baseline or less free testosterone available for your body to use.
- Category
- Hormone pathways
- Markers
- SHBG rs12150660
- Strength of evidence
- High for calculated free-testosterone direction in European-ancestry 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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