Sickle Cell Disease

Your Result

You are not likely to be a carrier for sickle cell disease https://www.mayoclinic.org//-/media/kcms/gbs/patient-consumer/images/2017/08/30/17/30/no-select.png No genetic variants found https://www.mayoclinic.org//-/media/kcms/gbs/patient-consumer/images/2017/08/30/17/03/carrier.png Carrier, no signs https://www.mayoclinic.org//-/media/kcms/gbs/patient-consumer/images/2017/08/30/17/14/likely.png Likely shows signs of sickle cell disease

Here's What You Need to Know

This test did not detect either of the 2 variants (Hb S, Hb C) in the HBB gene associated with sickle cell disease. It's unlikely your children will be born with sickle cell disease. Even though this test didn't identify the sickle cell variants in the HBB gene, there is a chance that you could be a carrier of another HBB variant. The risk level depends on your race/ethnicity.

Here's what you can do

For most people, there's nothing more you need to do based on this result. If you have a family history of sickle cell disease, you may want to consider more comprehensive testing. What will more testing tell me? Contact Us with Questions Your chance of carrying a different HBB variant, not related to sickle cell, that this test isn't designed to detect:

African-American

1 in 43 (2.3%)

Middle Eastern

1 in 84 (1.2%)

Non-Hispanic White

1 in 1200 (0.08%)

Ashkenazi Jewish

1 in 930 (0.1%)

Other/Mixed Race

No specific data is available

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