Quick Start Step 3: Navigate Your Results
Once you've uploaded your DNA file, it's time to delve into the exciting part: your results!
These insights, which include Health Risk Reports, Trait Reports, and the Biohacker Hub, are all derived from the thorough analysis of your raw DNA file. This article will guide you through accessing and navigating your results.
Health Risk Reports are health-related reports. These reports provide a risk score for different health conditions, and when applicable, offer diet, lifestyle, and supplement recommendations for improving your health.
The Biohacker Hub contains reports that are similar to Health Reports, but instead they cover your genetic predispositions for single-genes, amino-acids, neurotransmitters and other popular biohacking areas.
Trait Reports are reports that show you how your DNA affects your personality and traits.
Accessing your Health Reports:
1. Log in to your SelfDecode account.
2. Select My DNA > My Health Risks from the navigation panel:
3. On this page, you'll see all of your DNA Health Reports. Your reports are automatically sorted by impact. Learn more about sorting by impact, here.
- Use the filters to navigate the data — you can sort your reports by DNA risk, evidence scores, or see what new reports we've released:
a. If you know what area you'd like to focus on, you can select the category you're most interested from the Categories section.
b. If you're not really sure where to begin, we recommend starting with your Introductory Report.
4. Once you find a Health Risk Report you want to view, click anywhere on the card to open the report.
Accessing your Biohacker Hub:
- Log in to your SelfDecode account.
Select My DNA > My Biohacker Hub from the navigation panel:
3. On this page, you can scroll down through your Biohacker Reports or you can use the search/filters:
4. Once you find a Biohacker Report you want to view, click anywhere on the card to open the report.
Accessing your Trait Reports:
1. Log in to your SelfDecode account.
2. Select My DNA > My Traits from the navigation panel.
- Check out your Genetic Avatar — a unique, one-of-a-kind avatar built completely based on your DNA results!
Your avatar highlights the "big 5" personality traits (openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism) plus your stress response and whether you're an early bird or a night owl.
You can also share your avatar on Facebook by clicking the "Share" button. Tag @selfdecode when sharing and we'll pick a lucky user to win a $100 Amazon gift card every month!
4. Scroll through all of your Trait Report topics, or use one of the report category icons to filter your results:
5. Once you find the Trait Report you want to view, click anywhere on the card to open the report.
Your reports should already be generated, but if we've recently added a new report or updated one with new information, you will need to click Generate Report. Keep in mind, it's normal for a report to take a few hours to generate, since we are parsing through a massive amount of data to generate these reports for you.
The good news is that you only need to generate each report one time! We recommend selecting the Generate All option at the top of the report overview page, whenever you see it. That way all of your reports begin to generate in the background.
Our comprehensive reports will probably keep you busy for a while, but when you're ready for more personalized results, move on to Quick Start Step 4 & Quick Start Step 5!