Iron Deficiency

$64.85

Results: 1 to 2 days

Collection: blood draw

Biomarkers: 37

Iron is an essential mineral responsible for oxygen transport, energy production, and immune function. Iron disfunction (iron deficiency / iron overload), is often silent until the condition becomes critical.

The Iron Deficiency BioMap evaluates the full iron picture, allowing for early intervention before symptoms escalate.

BioMap included tests are listed below.

    • CBC examines the three major components of blood: RBCs, WBCs, and Platelets.

    • RBC Health (oxygen transport & anemia assessment): Hematocrit, Hemoglobin, MCH, MCHC, MCV, RBC Count, RDW.

    • WBC Health (immune response): Basophils, Eosinophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Neutrophils, WBC Count

    • Platelet Health (clotting & bleeding disorders): MPV, Platelet Count

    • Biomarkers: 33

    • Absolute Band Neutrophils

    • Absolute Basophils

    • Absolute Blasts

    • Absolute Eosinophils

    • Absolute Lymphocytes

    • Absolute Metamyelocytes

    • Absolute Monocytes

    • Absolute Myelocytes

    • Absolute Neutrophils

    • Absolute Nucleated Rbc

    • Absolute Promyelocytes

    • Band Neutrophils

    • Basophils

    • Blasts

    • Eosinophils

    • Hematocrit

    • Hemoglobin

    • Lymphocytes

    • Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH)

    • Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)

    • Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)

    • Metamyelocytes

    • Monocytes

    • Mean Platelet Volume (MPV)

    • Myelocytes

    • Neutrophils

    • Nucleated Rbc

    • Platelet Count

    • Promyelocytes

    • Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW)

    • Reactive Lymphocytes

    • Red Blood Cell Count

    • White Blood Cell Count

    • Reference range: 38–380 ng/mL

    • Optimal range (male/female): 100–150 / 50–100

    • Ferritin is a protein, composed of about 20% iron.

    • Ferritin is the best indicator of the amount of uncommitted iron reserve that the body has in storage.

    • Reference range: 50–180 mcg/dL

    • Optimal range (male/female): 80–130 / 70–120

    • Test measures the amount of iron in your blood, an essential micronutrient that the body needs to make healthy red blood cells. Iron is also a key component of proteins, such as: hemoglobin (the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen) and myoglobin (the protein in muscle that binds to oxygen). 

    • When abnormal iron levels are left untreated, they may lead to serious blood disorders or other health conditions.

    • Our bodies do not make iron, so we must get it from food or supplements.

    • Iron is found naturally in foods such as dark chocolate, red meat, tofu, egg yolks, organ meats, oysters, clams, canned fish, green leafy vegetables, broccoli, tomatoes, cabbage, lentils, and beans.

    • The best absorbed iron (heme) is found in meat and seafood, but another form (nonheme) is found in some vegetables.

    • Reference range: 250–450 mcg/dL

    • Optimal range: 300–360

    • Iron is best interpreted with the Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC), as TIBC reflects the total capacity of the blood to carry iron.

    • Iron moves through the blood attached to a protein called transferrin, and the TIBC Test shows how well that protein can carry iron in the blood.

    • Reference range: 16–45%

    • Optimal range (male/female): 30–40% / 25–35%

    • % Saturation is obtained by comparing the iron level to the TIBC level.

    • It is a simple way to compare the amount of iron in the blood to the capacity of the blood to transport iron.

    • The calculated ratio sometimes highlights an abnormality that is not obvious by reviewing the individual test results.