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A parent’s history, your own numbers

Heart disease or diabetes in the family.

You cannot change your family history. You can find out where your own numbers sit now, before anything shows, and track them. Some of the most useful markers are not on a routine checkup.

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In Indian context

Why it is worth a closer look.

  • If your parents had coronary heart disease, your own risk is higher.1
  • Family history and genes play a role in type 2 diabetes, and screening is advised for adults with a parent or sibling with diabetes.2
  • Lp(a) is inherited and missing from most routine checkups; European guidance advises measuring it at least once in every adult.3

What we look at

The markers, and why each one.

Which tests

Where those numbers come from.

What a physician does with it

A physician takes a careful family history: who, which condition, and at what age. That history, with your results, is what sets your risk category, and the Lipid Association of India ties cholesterol targets to that category.

The evidence, honestly

What testing can show, and what it can’t.

What the evidence supports

  • Testing Lp(a) at least once in adult life.3
  • Reading HbA1c only with haemoglobin and ferritin beside it.4
  • Setting cholesterol targets by your own risk category, not one number for everyone.5

What it does not support

  • A blood panel does not read your genes. Apart from Lp(a), the markers here show your current state, not your inheritance.
  • Normal results today do not cancel a family history. They are a baseline to track.
  • We do not sell tumour markers as screening for healthy people.

General education, not advice for you. What suits you depends on your results and history, and a physician decides it with you.

Related reading

From the Genoryx journal.

Questions people ask.

My father had a heart attack at 50. When should I test?

Talk to a physician now rather than waiting for a birthday. An early heart attack in a parent is one of the things that changes how your own results are read.

What is Lp(a), and why is it not on my checkup?

Lp(a) is a cholesterol particle set mostly by your genes. Many routine panels leave it out. European guidance advises measuring it at least once in every adult.

My cholesterol is normal. Am I in the clear?

Not necessarily. Lp(a) and ApoB can be high when standard cholesterol is not, and the right target depends on your overall risk, which your family history changes.

Something else brings you here? See every starting point, read the Indian thresholds guide, or try the calculators.

References

  1. MedlinePlus. Heart disease, risk factors: “If your parents had CHD, you are at higher risk.” Read the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia. Type 2 diabetes: family history and genes play a role; screening advised for adults with a parent or sibling with diabetes. Read the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. Kronenberg F et al. Lipoprotein(a) in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and aortic stenosis: a European Atherosclerosis Society consensus statement. Eur Heart J 2022;43:3925–3946. Read the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. MedlinePlus (US National Library of Medicine). Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) test: anaemia and other red-cell conditions can make results less accurate. Read the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. Puri R et al. Key messages from the Lipid Association of India 2024 Consensus Statement IV. J Assoc Physicians India 2024;72(8):80–82. LDL and non-HDL cholesterol targets are set by each person’s risk category. Read the source (opens in a new tab)

Educational content. Nothing on this page is a diagnosis or a treatment recommendation.

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