This is what you actually get back.
Most labs hand you a page of numbers and leave you to it. A Soma report puts every marker next to the range it should sit in, says plainly what it means, and tells you which few things are worth doing something about.
Nothing on this page is a real person. The values below are invented to show the format. They are not medical advice, and no result here belongs to anyone.
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The 5 results that change what you should do next. Everything else was normal.
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HbA1c Above range 5.8 %
Just above the normal ceiling. Not diabetes. It is the range where diet and movement still change the direction, which is exactly why it is worth catching here.
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LDL Above range 118 mg/dL
Above optimal rather than high. On its own it is not alarming; it is worth watching alongside ApoB, which counts the particles that actually lodge in artery walls.
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Ferritin Low 9 ng/mL
Your iron store is well under the floor, and your haemoglobin has followed it down. This is the most likely reason for tiredness that sleep does not fix. It is treatable, usually with iron and a look at what is causing the loss.
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Haemoglobin Low 11.4 g/dL
Mildly low, and it tracks with the ferritin above rather than being a separate problem. Expect it to recover as the iron store refills.
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Vitamin D Low 14 ng/mL
Deficient, not merely low. Common across this region and easily corrected. Worth reading next to your calcium and bone markers over time.
A Soma doctor walks you through this on a call. Nothing here replaces that conversation, and no treatment should start from a web page.
Every marker
Grouped by the system it belongs to, so a result is read next to the ones that explain it.
Blood sugar
Where your glucose control sits today.
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HbA1c Your average blood sugar across the last three months. Catches diabetes long before you feel anything.5.8% Above rangeReference 4 – 5.6 %
Heart
The particles and fats that drive artery risk.
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Total cholesterol Everything your LDL, HDL and triglycerides add up to. A blunt number on its own.195mg/dL In rangeReference under 200 mg/dL
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LDL The cholesterol that builds up inside artery walls.118mg/dL Above rangeReference under 100 mg/dL
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HDL Carries cholesterol away from the arteries.54mg/dL In rangeReference over 50 mg/dL
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Triglycerides Blood fat. Rises with sugar, refined carbohydrate and alcohol.132mg/dL In rangeReference under 150 mg/dL
Iron and blood
Oxygen carrying, iron stores, and the basic blood count.
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Ferritin Your iron store. Low ferritin explains a great deal of tiredness.9ng/mL LowReference 15 – 150 ng/mL
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Haemoglobin Carries oxygen around the body. Low means anaemia.11.4g/dL LowReference 12 – 15.5 g/dL
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White cells Your immune cells. Raised with infection, low after some illnesses and drugs.6.2x10⁹/L In rangeReference 4 – 11 x10⁹/L
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Platelets The cells that clot. Read with the rest of the count, not alone.268x10⁹/L In rangeReference 150 – 400 x10⁹/L
Vitamins
The two most often short in this region.
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Vitamin D Affects bone strength, immunity and mood. Commonly low across this region.14ng/mL LowReference 30 – 100 ng/mL
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B12 Needed for nerves and red blood cells. Commonly low on vegetarian diets.231pg/mL In rangeReference 200 – 900 pg/mL
Thyroid
The gland that sets your metabolic rate.
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TSH The signal your brain sends the thyroid. Explains fatigue, weight change and feeling cold.2.1mIU/L In rangeReference 0.4 – 4 mIU/L
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Free T4 The active thyroid hormone that TSH is regulating.15.2pmol/L In rangeReference 12 – 22 pmol/L
Liver and kidney
How well the two filters are working.
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ALT A liver enzyme. Rises when liver cells are under strain.22U/L In rangeReference 7 – 35 U/L
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Creatinine Waste your kidneys clear. Tracks how well they filter.0.8mg/dL In rangeReference 0.6 – 1.1 mg/dL
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eGFR Your kidney filtration rate, calculated from creatinine.98mL/min In rangeReference over 90 mL/min
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