What is Hypersense Screening?
Hypersense is a genetic screening that helps to estimate the genetic predisposition of an individual to develop Hypertension. The risk is calculated by analyzing over 10000 genetic markers implicated in the disease and is given as a validated Polygenic Risk Score (PRS).
Hypertension: High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is blood pressure that is higher than normal.
What is Polygenic Risk Score?
The score indicates if the individual is at high, moderate or average genetic risk for developing hypertension.
The Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) quantifies the contributing effects of multiple genetic (DNA) markers into a score and estimates whether the tested individual is at a high, moderate, or average risk of developing a health condition.
Hypersense screening is validated for the South Asian population.
Who should take
the Hypersense Screening?
- Individuals with a family history of Hypertension.
- Individuals with unhealthy diets (specifically, excessive salt consumption), smoking habits, excessive alcohol consumption, lack of physical activity, obesity and stress.
- All individuals above the age of 18 years.
How will Hypersense help you?
Knowing the genetic risk for Hypertension or high blood pressure by Hypersense will help one to take informed decisions towards leading a healthy life. This screening test is extremely helpful to identify the probable condition thus avoiding your disease progression resulting in complications, trauma, and treatments.
Hypersense report provides scientific recommendations which can help in taking preventive measures to mitigate the disease risk. The recommendations include lifestyle changes like engaging in physical activity, balanced and healthy diet, health monitoring by routine health checkup, enhanced screening, and scientific evidence on benefits of knowing genetic risk for a health condition.
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