Topic

What is the difference between a self-reported and a verified result?

The short answer

A verified result comes from an assessment a professional administered and verified under the exact protocol. A self-reported result has a different source and is kept separate. Only verified results can contribute to the professionally observed comparison, so that comparison only ever sets like against like.

What a verified result is

A verified result comes from a professionally administered and verified assessment, collected under the exact Systematic protocol. That kind of assessment is eligible to contribute to comparison data.

The comparison you can see on your results is built only from assessments a professional administered in person, and only from participants who opted to share their de-identified results. Self-reported assessments are never included in it.

Why self-reported results are kept separate

Where a result came from matters. A self-reported assessment is not eligible to contribute to the professionally observed comparison and is never pooled into that benchmark.

Keeping the two apart means the comparison only sets professionally observed results beside other professionally observed results.

The Systematic Healthspan Assessment is a physical baseline. It is not a diagnosis, and it does not estimate a biological age, a disease risk or a lifespan.