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Had the Celiac Blood Test. My DNA results were: DQ2: DQA1*05:01/05:05- Positive, two copies and DBB1*02:01/02:02- Positive, two copies. What does this mean? It does say that I am at elevated risk (1:10). I have to wait several weeks before I can see the Celiac specialist but I would like to know if I should go on a gluten-free diet...

I would like some help in understanding my results from the 23andme test. I am being told that I have 2 copies of a genetic variant that was tested. The variants were detected in the HLA-DQA1 gene. "We detected two copies of a variant linked to the HLA-DQ2.5 haplotype." Do do these results mean? In the HLA-DQ2.5 - HLA-DQa1 - rs2187668 - there are two TT....