Recommended Lab Tests for Longevity
List of carefully selected blood and urine lab tests that provide the most value and work great with longevity-tools.
Show biomarker list for:
Blood Health and Anemias
- Complete Blood Count (RBC, WBC...)
- Get the fullest Complete Blood Count your lab offers
- Must include RDW, MCV, MCH, LYM, MONO Abs., NEU Abs.
- Serum iron
- Transferrin
- Transferrin Saturation
- Iron-binding capacity
- Ferritin
- Vitamin B12
- HoloTC
- Folate
- Homocysteine
- MMA (Methylmalonic acid)
Lipids
- ApoB
- ApoA1
- Cholesterol (Total)
- Triglycerides
- LDL
- HDL
- Lp(a)
- At least once in a lifetime.
Liver function
Kidney function
- Creatinine
- Cystatin C
- Urea / BUN
- Labs in North America use BUN, while the rest of the world uses Urea
- One can be calculated from the other
- Uric acid
- UACR
Hormones
Free testosterone is excluded as most labs measure it with an unreliable immunoassay. It is calculated from total testosterone, SHBG, and albumin instead.
Minerals
- Sodium
- Potassium
- Calcium
Magnesium is excluded as its serum levels don't reflect body status.
Immune function and screening
Each country has different lab panels, so individual biomarkers are listed instead of panel names.
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