Blood tests: which to get, and what every number means
Which panels to order, how to prepare, and a page for every marker the Peptide AI app reads, with the guideline ranges and where they come from.
A lab report is a list of numbers with a reference range beside each one. These guides explain which tests are worth ordering and when, how to prepare so the result means something, and what each marker measures, with the guideline cutoffs separated from the optimal ranges people quote online.
Bloodwork guides
31 pages.
- What blood tests to get
- Blood panels in the app
- Metabolic panel explained
- Inflammatory markers explained
- Lipid panel explained
- Comprehensive metabolic panel
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- How often to get blood work
- Fasting before a blood test
- Ordering your own blood work
- Biological variation and retesting
- ApoB test
- Lipoprotein(a) test
- HbA1c test
- Fasting insulin and HOMA-IR
- Fasting glucose test
- hs-CRP test
- Ferritin test
- Vitamin D (25-OH) test
- Homocysteine test
- eGFR and creatinine
- ALT and AST liver enzymes
- Uric acid test
- Triglycerides test
- HDL and LDL cholesterol
- IGF-1 test
- IL-6 test
- ESR and fibrinogen
- Albumin test
- BUN test
- TNF-alpha test
