Blood values and what they measure
Blood values are measurable substances in your blood. Together they sketch a picture of your energy, recovery and capacity. Look up a value and check its reference range. Each one explains what a high or low result says about your condition.
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Microalbumin (Urine)
Microalbumin testing helps active individuals understand kidney stress related to intense training. Exercise-induced proteinuria can temporarily elevate urine albumin levels, so understanding your baseline is important for distinguishing normal training responses from potential kidney concerns.
Monocytes
Monocytes are the largest white blood cells. They clean up after inflammation and after tissue damage. For anyone training hard that matters, because both come with heavy load. The count rises briefly after a hard session and then settles again. One measurement soon after training is therefore hard to read. As a trend at rest your monocyte count says far more. Two or three measurements under the same conditions show what is really moving. Monocytes are not a performance measure, but context alongside the rest of your blood count.
NT-proBNP
NT-proBNP can rise after intense endurance exercise. For active individuals, monitoring helps distinguish normal training responses from clinically significant cardiac stress.
Neutrophils
Neutrophils are the most common white blood cells and your first defence against bacterial infections. This matters for active people, as heavy training load can temporarily affect immune defence. A high count often fits an infection, inflammation or physical stress, while a low count can leave you more vulnerable.
Non-HDL Cholesterol
Non-HDL cholesterol is the lipid number least distorted by your own behaviour. It is your total cholesterol minus your HDL, and therefore the cholesterol inside every particle that can lodge in an artery wall. Where a calculated LDL swings with your triglycerides, and thus with what you ate last night and how hard you trained the day before, non-HDL holds still. No formula is involved and no fasting is needed. That makes it the one lipid value you can compare honestly across an entire season. The 3.3 mmol/l on your report, incidentally, is a population reference value and not a goal.
Omega 3 + 6
The omega-3/omega-6 ratio affects inflammation and recovery. Active individuals can use this marker to optimise anti-inflammatory nutrition for faster recovery and joint protection.
Omega-3 Index
The Omega-3 Index provides a long-term view of omega-3 status, which affects inflammation, recovery, and cardiovascular health for active individuals. A key marker for performance nutrition.
Oxalate
Urinary oxalate testing is important for active individuals who consume high-protein diets, protein supplements, or large quantities of oxalate-rich foods. Dehydration during intense exercise can concentrate urine and increase stone risk, making hydration management and regular screening essential.
Oxidized LDL
oxLDL reflects oxidative stress on lipoproteins. Active individuals benefit from monitoring this as intense training increases oxidative load on the cardiovascular system.
PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen)
PSA is an important marker in men's health that belongs in any comprehensive health panel. For performance-focused men, tracking PSA ensures prostate health is not overlooked alongside fitness metrics.
PTH (Parathyroid Hormone)
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) regulates calcium and phosphorus, critical for bone strength and muscle function. For active individuals and active individuals, balanced PTH levels may support skeletal resilience and recovery.
Parathyroid Hormone (intact)
Parathyroid hormone is central to calcium regulation, which directly impacts bone integrity, muscle contraction, and recovery in active individuals. Monitoring PTH helps ensure your mineral metabolism supports peak physical performance.
Phosphorus
Phosphorus is essential for ATP production — the primary energy currency during exercise. Monitoring supports optimal energy availability for training and competition.
Platelets (Thrombocytes)
A platelet (thrombocyte) count measures the number of platelets in your blood. Platelets are small cell fragments essential for blood clotting, helping to stop bleeding when blood vessels are injured.
Potassium
Potassium is lost through sweat and is critical for muscle contraction and heart function during exercise. Monitoring helps prevent cramping and maintain performance.
Pregnenolone
Pregnenolone is the starting point for all steroid hormone production, including those critical for recovery, stress management, and performance. For active individuals, monitoring pregnenolone can help assess hormonal reserve under training demands.
Progesterone
Progesterone plays a role in recovery, sleep quality, and hormonal balance for active individuals. For active women, monitoring progesterone can help understand how training interacts with the menstrual cycle and overall performance.
Prolactin
Prolactin influences reproductive hormone balance and recovery capacity. For active individuals, monitoring prolactin can help identify hormonal disruptions that may affect training outcomes, sleep quality, and overall performance.
Protein (Urine)
Proteinuria testing helps active individuals distinguish between exercise-induced proteinuria, which is temporary and generally benign, and persistent proteinuria that may indicate kidney stress. High-protein diets and intense training can influence results, making baseline testing valuable.
RDW
RDW shows how much your red blood cells vary in size. For active people this is valuable, because healthy red blood cells carry oxygen to your muscles. A raised RDW can be an early clue to a shortage of iron, vitamin B12 or folate, which may limit endurance and recovery.
Reticulocytes
Reticulocytes reveal how rapidly your body is producing fresh red blood cells — a key recovery metric for active individuals. Tracking reticulocyte counts helps you understand how your bone marrow responds to training stress, altitude exposure, and periodised recovery programmes.
Reverse T3
Reverse T3 is an inactive thyroid hormone that may increase during overtraining, underfuelling, or physical stress. For active individuals, elevated levels might indicate the body is conserving energy by reducing active thyroid hormone availability.
SAA (Serum Amyloid A)
SAA responds rapidly to inflammation and can help distinguish training-induced inflammation from infection. This supports smarter recovery decisions for active individuals.
SHBG (Sex Hormone Binding Globulin)
Testosterone and oestradiol do not travel loose in your blood, but bound to SHBG. Whatever is bound never reaches your muscle and bone cells. Your SHBG blood level therefore decides how much of a measured total testosterone is actually available. That makes this value relevant to anyone training seriously. A strict cut or a large endurance volume raises SHBG. Free testosterone then falls, while the total still looks acceptable. Insulin resistance and visceral fat push SHBG down instead. The total then looks low, while the free fraction is normal. Two athletes, two opposite movements, and in both cases a total that misleads.