What can the Cardio Risk Check tell you — and what not?

The MyBody-X Cardio Risk Check analyzes selected genetic variants associated with cardiovascular risk factors such as elevated cholesterol, blood pressure, or triglycerides. It can provide a rough estimate of your genetic predisposition – but nothing more. What it cannot do: make a clinical diagnosis, measure your actual blood pressure or lipid levels, or predict with certainty whether you will develop heart disease. The effect sizes of individual SNPs are typically small and heavily outweighed by lifestyle, diet, exercise, and environmental factors. Many markers used in such tests come from GWAS with moderate evidence but lack clinical validation for individual prediction. A low genetic risk score does not guarantee you are safe; a high score does not mean you will get sick. The Cardio Risk Check should be seen as a supplementary information tool, not a replacement for medical check-ups like blood tests, blood pressure monitoring, or risk calculators (e.g., SCORE2). Without specific study data on this product, the evidence level is unclear – be cautious of overblown marketing claims.