Bartonella DNA, Qualitative Real-Time PCR
$250.00
Metabolic Syndrome and Glucose Control Including Insulin
Categories:
General Health, Metabolic Health
Identifying patients who have metabolic syndrome and who are thus at higher risk of diabetes, coronary heart disease or stroke. Identifying patients who are insulin resistant (fasting insulin at or above the 75th percentile) and who are thus at higher risk of diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, or liver disease. Monitoring of risk factors and insulin levels after life style change, medication use, or both.
$125.00Price for members $62.50
Collection method: Blood
Preparation: If a cholesterol measurement is to be performed along with triglycerides, the patient should be fasting 9-12 hours prior to collection. The assay manufacturer Beckman Coulter advises: "N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC), when administered in therapeutic concentrations (for the treatment of acetaminophen overdose), has been. . . determined to interfere with assays for. . . cholesterol, uric acid" where "NAC interference may lead to falsely low results." According to Beckman Coulter, the NAC interference should be insignificant by 12 hours after completion of the initial loading dose of an IV infusion treatment regimen consisting of an initial loading dose of 150 mg/kg administered over 1 hour, a second dose of 50 mg/kg administered over 4 hrs and a third dose of 100 mg/kg administered over 16 hrs.Please do not exercise prior to testing. It is best that your blood is taken in a rested state.Please do not exercise prior to testing. It is best that your blood is taken in a rested state.
Included Tests
How It Works
STEP 1
Order your tests online
- Easy and fast checkout
STEP 2
Visit a local Quest Diagnostics lab
- No follow-up required
- Results automatically uploaded to SelfDecode
STEP 3
Get your results and insights online
- Find out if your levels are in the optimal range
- Get easy-to-understand insights about your results
- Track your levels over time