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    New Study Indicates Some Home Genetic Test Kits May Not Be Accurate

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    Celiac.com 08/04/2011 - People who use direct-to-consumer genetic tests sold by deCODEme and 23andMe frequently receive misleading results, because these tests do not accurately predict risk factors. So say two geneticists, who conducted two studies that assessed the accuracy of test predictions relative to various known disease risks.

    Presenting their results from both studies at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics, the scientists have gone so far as to call for a ban on the tests.

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    The first study was conducted by Rachel Kalf, from the department of epidemiology at Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam. Using established genotype frequencies, Kalf simulated genotype data for 100,000 individuals. She then used the formulas and risk data provided by the test companies to predict risks for eight common multi-factorial diseases: age-related macular degeneration (AMD); atrial fibrillation; celiac disease; Crohn's disease; heart attack; prostate cancer; and Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes (T2D).

    Kalf noted that both companies assigned an increased risk to a substantial part of the test group. However, Kalf says the risk of disease in this group was often substantially lower than the risk in the rest of the study group.

    For example, for AMD, which has the highest predictive ability of all eight diseases, both companies assumed that the risk in the population was around 8 percent. However, among subject assigned an increased risk factor, 23andMe estimated risk at 16 percent, while deCODEme's estimated that 19 percent would develop AMD. This contrasts with a risk of about 4 percent for the rest of the study population.

    This means that people in the higher risk group may have a four-fold increased risk of disease, but "are still far more likely not to develop the disease at all," explains co-researcher Cecile Janssens.

    For T2D, using the risk levels of about 25 percent assigned by the companies, 32 percent of those in the higher risk group would actually develop T2D compared to just 22 percent in the rest of the study population. "This difference in disease risk is too small to be of relevance," says Janssens.

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    I just completed a 23 and me test in which AMD was a high risk factor. Thanks for the info. However, I still appreciate whatever insight I can get into my health, and take results with a grain of salt as I'm doing everything I can to control my health.

     

    FWIW, celiac disease was ranked third in my health risks behind DVT (I am heterozygous for Factor V Leiden) and AMD. According to 23andme, the gen'l population risk for celiac disease is .2%, and mine is 4.5%, which is 19.23x the average. Most of the other diseases I might be vulnerable to were 3.44x (or less) the average risk. I'm not worried. Of course, I didn't have (known) Parkinson's, Alzheimers, breast cancer genes at this study point, either.

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