Examples of conditions for which family health history-based health risk assessment is useful
| Risk algorithm based on family health history only | Risk algorithms include family health history | |
|---|---|---|
| Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer | x | |
| Hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer (Lynch syndrome) | x | |
| Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency | x | |
| Diabetes mellitus type 2 | x | |
| Abdominal aortic aneurysm | x | |
| Coronary artery disease | x | |
| Haemochromatosis | x | |
| Maturity-onset diabetes of the young | x | |
| Inflammatory bowel disease | x | |
| Stroke | x | |
| Gastric cancer | x | |
| Renal cancer | x | |
| Age-related macular degeneration | x |