Health Check
The Palestra Vitality Check (WP13) compares your blood on 19 points with the applicable references for someone of your gender and age.
It is a blood test for blood count, kidneys, liver, risk of heart disease, fat metabolism, diabetes and anemiaThe
following tests are performed:
- ALT - Liver function
- Platelets
- Cholesterol Total - cardiovascular disease
- Creatinine - Renal function
- eGFR (estimated renal filter capacity based on age and gender)
- Red blood cells (erythrocytes)
- Gamma GT - Liver function
- Glucose (blood sugar level)
- Haemoglobin (Hb) - Anemia - General symptoms of tiredness
- Hematocrit (blood volume)
- HDL - good cholesterol
- LDL cholesterol - bad cholesterol
- Leucocytes - White blood cells
- MCV (average blood cell size)
- MCH (average amount of Hb per red blood cell)
- MCHC (Hb in red blood cells)
- Triglycerides - Incorporated fat content
