It is very important to realize that because there are a number of risk factors of atrial fibrillation, including both genetic and lifestyle/health factors, receiving a negative result for the deCODE AF? test does not mean that one is at low or no risk of AF. Back to top of page

It is important to bear in mind that common diseases, such as atrial fibrillation and stroke, occur as a result of the interplay of both environmental (including lifestyle and other health and medical conditions) and inherited risk factors. As a result, having a specific genetic risk factor for a common disease does not mean that one will necessarily develop the disease; and not having a certain risk variant does not eliminate the possibility of developing the disease.

There are 4 possible test results: "negative", "positive", "indeterminate", or "result not available." A "negative" test result means antibodies to the hepatitis C virus were not found in your test sample and it is extremely unlikely that you have been infected with the hepatitis C virus.

It means a laboratory could not confirm the presence of Hepatitis C antibodies in a particular blood sample. It could mean that an individual may be in the process of converting from being negative to being positive. It could also be due to other medical factors. In either case, it is recommended that the individual be re-tested.

No. The test for HIV can only tell you if you have been infected or not. Transmission of the virus does not necessarily occur every time exposure occurs. The only way for an individual to tell if he/she has been infected with HIV is to be tested. If you are unsure of your partner's status, you may want to consider talking to him/her about it and using protection (latex condoms or dental dams) to reduce your risk.

If your first HIV test is negative, it means you had no detectable HIV antibodies at the time you were tested. However, if you were only recently exposed to the virus, your result may be negative even though you may be infected. A negative result does not mean your partner is negative or that you will not become infected in the future if you are exposed to the virus.

Lack of a test line - a "negative result" - means that, in the sample taken, Stachybotrys chartarum and Aspergillus niger molds are not detectable within the limits of this test. You may have them in lower concentrations, in other locations, or may have other molds present in varying amounts. In any case, you should clean up the suspected area (or have it cleaned up) and be sure to fix any moisture problems. All molds can gradually destroy the things they grow on.

A negative test only means that there was no sign of blood detected at that time. It doesn't mean that you don't have cancer. Blood in the stool may occur intermittently or not at all. This test does not substitute for a regular physical and rectal examination by your physician.

An insufficient blood result refers specifically to the Home Access® Hepatitis C Check Test system. It means that the Hepatitis C test could not be performed on the blood sample that was sent to the laboratory. This happens most often because there was not enough blood to test, there were white spots in the circle, or the blood did not soak through all the way to the back.

The most commonly used syphilis tests screen for an antibody to the syphilis organism. Lupus patients sometimes have a very similar antibody. This similar antibody, the antiphospholipid antibody (aPL), can cause an incorrect positive result on a syphilis test. If the doctor suspects that the patient may not really have syphilis, he may choose to then run a different, more complicated and expensive test that checks specifically for the syphilis organism.

NO! OptiGen test results are meant to be used in a responsible breeding program. This does not mean that carrier or affected dogs should never be bred. It does mean that carrier and affected dogs with other desirable traits can be bred, but only to a certified, genetically “Normal/Clear" dog in order to prevent the genetic disease. We can't make specific recommendations about how people should handle their dogs.

A negative result is represented by a line in the control or "C" zone and a line in the testing or "T" zone.