Marek Diagnostics Total Health — Complete

A protein carried by certain cholesterol-carrying particles; its amount reflects their total number.

The amount of Lp(a), a cholesterol-carrying particle whose concentration is largely inherited.

The combined amount of cholesterol carried by the major blood lipoprotein groups.

The amount of cholesterol carried inside HDL particles in the blood.

The amount of cholesterol carried inside LDL particles, rather than the number of particles.

Calculated comparison of LDL cholesterol to HDL cholesterol, using amounts in the same units.

Cholesterol attributed to VLDL particles, estimated or measured depending on the laboratory method.

Fats circulating in the blood that store energy from food the body does not immediately use.

The amount of glucose, the body's main circulating sugar and an energy source, in blood.

Fasting

A major electrolyte that helps regulate fluid balance and supports nerve and muscle function.

An electrolyte needed for normal nerve signals, muscle contraction and heart function.

Amount of chloride, one of the blood's major electrolytes, measured in serum or plasma.

A blood chemistry result used to estimate bicarbonate when assessing the body's acid-base balance.

Glucose detected in urine, rather than a measurement of blood sugar.

Ketones detected in urine, usually with a strip that mainly detects acetoacetate.

A pancreatic hormone that helps move sugar from blood into cells and regulates energy storage.

Fasting

Percentage of hemoglobin with sugar attached, reflecting average blood sugar over roughly two to three months.

All testosterone circulating in blood, including protein-bound and unbound forms.

The portion of testosterone circulating without being attached to blood proteins.

Concentration · Equilibrium dialysis

The main estrogen during the reproductive years, produced primarily by the ovaries.

A protein made mainly by the liver that carries testosterone, estradiol and other sex hormones in blood.

A pituitary hormone involved in milk production and reproductive regulation.

An adrenal hormone involved in stress response, metabolism, blood pressure and inflammation.

An adrenal hormone the body uses to make testosterone and estrogen.

A steroid precursor made from cholesterol that can be converted into other steroid hormones.

A pituitary hormone involved in ovulation and sex-hormone production in the ovaries and testes.

A pituitary hormone that supports development of eggs in the ovaries and production of sperm.

A circulating growth factor used as an indicator of growth-hormone activity.

Total circulating DHT, a potent androgen made largely from testosterone.

Amount of DHT hormone circulating unbound, distinct from total DHT or its percentage unbound.

A hormone produced after ovulation and during pregnancy, measured at a particular point in time.

A steroid precursor used by the adrenal glands and reproductive organs to make other hormones.

A blood result for hCG, reported as an amount or a positive/negative finding.

A hormone used as an indicator of the reserve of ovarian follicles.

A pituitary hormone that signals the thyroid gland to produce thyroid hormones.

The portion of thyroid hormone T3 circulating unbound to blood proteins.

The unbound portion of T4 thyroid hormone available to tissues, commonly considered alongside TSH.

The blood concentration of an inactive thyroid hormone formed mainly from T4.

Antibodies that recognize thyroglobulin; they can also interfere with measurements of thyroglobulin itself.

Antibodies against an enzyme the thyroid uses to make thyroid hormones.

An amino-acid intermediate affected by B vitamins, genetics, kidney function and other factors.

All calcium circulating in blood, including calcium attached to proteins and free calcium.

A mineral involved in muscle and nerve function, heart rhythm and many enzyme reactions.

Red blood cell

The main circulating form of vitamin D, reflecting vitamin D from sunlight, food and supplements.

The D2-derived part of active vitamin D, distinct from total active vitamin D.

An active vitamin D3 form, distinct from the usual blood test of vitamin D stores.

A vitamin needed for red blood cell formation, nervous-system function and DNA production.

Vitamin B9, needed for making DNA, cell division and red blood cell production.

Iron circulating in blood at collection, mostly attached to the transport protein transferrin.

Percentage of iron-binding sites occupied, usually calculated from blood iron and total iron-binding capacity.

Estimated capacity of the blood's transferrin protein to bind and carry iron.

The unused iron-binding capacity of transferrin, the protein that carries iron in blood.

An iron-storage protein whose blood level generally reflects the body's iron stores.

A liver-made protein that rises in response to inflammation, measured with conventional or high-sensitivity assays.

High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP)

An enzyme in the liver, muscles and other tissues that can enter blood when cells are damaged.

A liver-cell enzyme that can enter the blood when those cells are damaged.

The combined direct and indirect forms of bilirubin, a waste product from red-cell breakdown.

An enzyme assessed alongside other findings when investigating liver or bile-duct injury.

An enzyme found especially in the liver, bile ducts and bones.

Checks for a water-soluble form of bilirubin in urine, distinct from bilirubin measured in blood.

A urine-strip estimate of a bilirubin breakdown product formed in the intestines.

Nitrogen from urea in blood, a waste product formed when the body breaks down protein.

A waste product from normal muscle activity that the kidneys mainly remove from blood.

An estimate of kidney filtration calculated from blood markers such as creatinine or cystatin C.

A blood marker used to estimate how well the kidneys filter blood.

A calculated comparison of blood urea nitrogen with creatinine from the same collection.

Protein detected or measured in urine; a dipstick mainly detects albumin.

The total number of white blood cells in a given volume of blood.

The number of mature red blood cells in a given volume of blood.

The iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen around the body.

The share of your blood volume occupied by red blood cells.

The average size of your red blood cells, reported as their volume.

Calculated average amount of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein, in each red blood cell.

The calculated average concentration of hemoglobin within packed red blood cells.

How much red blood cells vary in size, rather than their average size.

The number of platelets in a given volume of circulating blood.

White blood cells that play a central role in the body's early immune responses.

White blood cells that play a central role in the body's early immune responses.

Absolute count

A group of white blood cells involved in the body's immune responses.

A group of white blood cells involved in the body's immune responses.

Absolute count

Calculated ratio of neutrophil count to lymphocyte count from the same blood sample.

White blood cells that help remove damaged cells and microbes and can develop into tissue immune cells.

White blood cells that help remove damaged cells and microbes and can develop into tissue immune cells.

Absolute count

A type of white blood cell, reported as a count or percentage of white cells.

A type of white blood cell, reported as a count or percentage of white cells.

Absolute count

White blood cells involved in allergic reactions and inflammatory signaling.

White blood cells involved in allergic reactions and inflammatory signaling.

Absolute count

Immature granulocytes, a group of white blood cells, reported by an analyzer as a count or percentage.

Immature granulocytes, a group of white blood cells, reported by an analyzer as a count or percentage.

Absolute count

Immature red blood cells that still contain a nucleus, reported in circulating blood.

The number or percentage of young red blood cells, used to assess red blood cell production.

The combined concentration of albumin and globulins, the main groups of blood proteins.

A liver-made blood protein that helps retain fluid and transport other substances.

Calculated amount of non-albumin blood proteins, found by subtracting albumin from total protein.

A calculated comparison of albumin with globulins, two groups of proteins in the blood.

Amount of prostate-specific antigen used in prostate assessment; it does not diagnose cancer by itself.

Calculated percentage of total prostate-specific antigen that is unbound, using paired free and total PSA results.

Urine density compared with water, providing a time-specific estimate of how concentrated the urine is.

How acidic or alkaline a urine sample is at the time of testing.

The observed color of urine, assessed visually or with a laboratory instrument.

A visual description of how clear or cloudy the urine sample looks.

A urine-strip reaction that indirectly checks for white blood cells, rather than counting them directly.

A urine-strip test for heme, which can come from red cells, hemoglobin or muscle pigment.

A urine-strip result detecting nitrite formed by some bacteria, rather than directly counting bacteria.

Conditional. Reported through the listed reflex for immature cells.