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title: Understanding your reports
description: What each part of a report page tells you and where to find your reports.
date: 2026-10-06
category: Guide
image: img/blog/reports.png
image_alt: The omega-3 fatty acid report, with the population curve and the marker for your score at the 97th percentile
---

This guide walks you through a report page, shows where to find your reports, and explains how they relate to the full report and the report groups. The example is the omega-3 fatty acids report from the demo report.

## Reading a report page

### The chart

![The top of the omega-3 report: the title, the Established · GWAS badge, the population curve with your marker, and the Raises vs average box](static:img/blog/reports_top.png)

The curve is the tested population: how many people got each score. The dashed line is you, labeled with your score and percentile, here `You · +1.62σ · 97th pct`.

- **The score** is in standard deviations (σ) from the population average. `0σ` is exactly average.
- **The percentile** is your rank: your score is higher than about 97% of the tested population.

The `Established · GWAS` badge means only replicated, genome-wide significant associations feed this score.

### What it means for you

The box under the chart explains your result in plain words. Here it says "Raises vs average", meaning your genetics tend to push this trait up compared with the average person. For a measurement like omega-3 that's a direction, not a verdict that higher is better or worse. For a disease report, a higher score means a higher inherited tendency. It's still not a diagnosis or the chance you'll get it.

The same box says how many of the trait's associated variants are in your genome, and how many of those contribute to your score. The ones that don't are still listed, but couldn't be used reliably.

On a wide screen, "Your standing" on the right shows the same percentile as a gauge, with a link to "What's a percentile? →".

![The Your standing gauge at the 97th percentile, notably higher, raises vs average, +1.62σ](static:img/blog/reports_standing.png)

### About this trait

![The About this trait box for omega-3 fatty acids](static:img/blog/reports_about.png)

A plain-language description of what the trait is, what affects it, and how much genes matter compared with everything else. For omega-3 the answer is clear: diet sets most of your level. Your genes nudge how well you convert the plant forms into EPA and DHA. Only a blood test, the omega-3 index, measures your actual level.

### Your contributing variants

"Evidence - your contributing variants" lists the variant cards behind your score. Above each card, a small badge says what that variant does to this score.

![Two contributing variant cards, rs4939883 and rs325, each with a badge saying how much it raises the omega-3 score](static:img/blog/reports_evidence.png)

`raises +0.15σ for omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid measurement` means this variant moves your score up by 0.15σ. Hover over the badge to see the study result behind it. A variant marked `not scored` is in your genome but couldn't be used: the study gave no usable effect size, the variant is too rare to weigh reliably, or it's a variant group rather than a single variant. Hover over the badge to see which. Each card opens like any other variant card.

### References and related reports

Under the variant list, "References from your contributing variants" collects the studies cited by those variants, without duplicates. Because one variant can matter for many traits, some of these papers are about other conditions.

![The Related reports box for omega-3, listing HDL cholesterol, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides and other lipid reports](static:img/blog/reports_related.png)

On the right, "Related reports" lists the reports that share contributing variants with this one: for omega-3, mostly other blood lipids. Below it, "How the score works" sums up the method in a few lines, with key references on polygenic scores.

## Finding a report

**From the Reports list.** "Reports" in the top menu opens the list of established reports. Each row shows the report, your polygenic z-score and your population percentile. Use "Find an established report…" to search it, and "Strongest first" or "Sort by percentile" to reorder it.

![The Reports list searched for omega-3, showing the omega-3 and omega-6 to omega-3 ratio reports with their scores and percentiles](static:img/blog/reports_list.png)

**From a group of reports.** On a group page such as Fatty acids, the name above each chart links to its report. The chart is a small version of the one on the report page.

![The Fatty acids page with the score charts for omega-3 fatty acids and DHA](static:img/blog/reports_group.png)

**From a variant card.** Open "Read full analysis" on any card, then "Established associations". Every trait in that list links to its report. Here rs4939883, a variant linked to HDL cholesterol, lists DHA, linoleic acid, omega-3 and omega-6 among its 30 associations.

![Part of the Established associations list on the rs4939883 card, including the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid measurement row](static:img/blog/reports_from_card.png)

You'll also find report links on the dashboard and under "Related reports" on every report page.

## The full report, reports and report groups

**The full report** is every variant in your file that we have a summary for, as one searchable list of variant cards. Open it with "Full report" in the top menu.

![The full report searched for OCA2, with the Frequency and Risk filters and two variant cards](static:img/blog/reports_full_report.png)

Type a disease, drug, gene or rsID in the search box, then narrow the results with the "Frequency" and "Risk" filters. Each result is a variant card; [Variant geno card explained](/blog/geno_card) walks through one.

**A report** covers one trait or condition, such as omega-3 levels, body height or type 2 diabetes. It brings together every variant studies have linked to that trait and adds up their effects into one polygenic score. This is what most of the site means by "report".

**A group of reports** collects related reports on one page, each with its own chart. The left menu lists them under two headings: "Modern diseases" (Cancers, CVD - Cardio & Stroke, Metabolic syndrome) and "Nutrigenomics" (Fat-soluble vitamins through Food tolerance).

## One more thing

A report shows an inherited tendency compared with the tested population. Most people at any percentile never develop the condition a disease report covers, and for measurements like omega-3 a lab test tells you where you actually are. Think of a report as an interesting starting point for a conversation with a qualified clinician, not as medical advice.