Explore the haptoglobin genotype, diabetes and heart health.
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This at-home test kit determines your haptoglobin genotype, providing important information that may help lower your risk of heart attack or stroke.
This at-home test kit determines your haptoglobin genotype, providing important information that may help lower your risk of heart attack or stroke.
Depending on your haptoglobin genotype, a common heart health therapy like vitamin E could either reduce or increase your risk of heart disease. And if you have diabetes and the Hp2-2 genotype, your risk of heart attack or stroke increases by 500%. This is important information that can help you and your physician take preventative action.
You may wish to get tested if you’re at risk of a heart attack or stroke, have diabetes or are experiencing diabetes symptoms such as:
Our kits require just a few drops of blood from the fingertip, a clinically-validated method that is just as accurate (and typically less painful) than conventional blood collection. Afraid of needles? The needle on our lancet stays hidden until collection is complete.
We take the guesswork out of deciphering complicated lab results while guiding you on the right path to your best health.
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Explore the haptoglobin genotype, diabetes and heart health.
Visit the blogYou’ll receive an email from us within 10 business days of your sample return. The email will contain a link to view and download your test results on our secure digital health platform once they’ve been analyzed by our labs and reviewed by a doctor.
Knowing your haptoglobin genotype can provide your clinician with guidance for treatment to help lower your risk of heart attack or stroke. Type 2 diabetics are at significant risk - those with Hp2-2 genotype are at a five times greater risk to have a cardiovascular event.
The haptoglobin genetic test is ideal for those who:
Particularly those with diabetes should consider how the Haptoglobin 2-2 genotype might affect their health, as Hp2-2 is associated with increase cardiovascular complications in those with diabetes.
This test is only for adults aged 18 and older. Unfortunately, this test is not available in the state of New York due to state regulations.
Yes. All of our tests are performed by CLIA-certified labs, the gold standard in lab testing quality regulation. Within your results report you will also find detailed information intended for your healthcare professional. They can use this information to interpret your test results clearly. To see an example of this, you can request a sample report at the top of this page.
Yes. Not only are your results as accurate as traditional lab tests, but we’re actually the first at-home small volume blood testing company to have our data and methods peer-reviewed by the scientific and medical community — which helps validate our claims and our results reports. Learn more about the exact science behind imaware tests.
Yes, we provide physician orders for every test in every state (even those that do not require them). You don’t need to get a prescription or pay extra for this service as it’s included in the purchase price of each test.
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