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What is polygenic risk?

Polygenic risk looks at many changes in your DNA. Each change adds a little to your chance of getting a health condition.

Polygenic risk looks at many changes in your DNA. Each change adds a little to your chance of getting a health condition. A polygenic risk score adds up all of these small impact changes to estimate your chance of getting a certain condition, either during your lifetime or over a set period of time.