The Sports Performance blood test is a performance-focused panel for active people who want recovery, nutrition, hormone and general health marker groups reviewed. It can help you compare useful marker groups before deciding whether to book, seek advice or arrange follow-up.
Performance-focused profile covering hormones, iron, inflammation, muscle and joint, nutrition, thyroid, heart, liver, kidney, diabetes, and full blood count markers.
These biomarker names are taken from the Manchester Chemist advanced blood tests catalogue. They are grouped to make it easier to see what the panel covers and why each marker may be useful.
The oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells. It helps assess anaemia, bleeding, and red-cell health.
The proportion of blood made up of red blood cells. It can support anaemia, hydration, and blood-count assessment.
An index showing the average amount of haemoglobin in red blood cells, useful in anaemia assessment.
An index showing haemoglobin concentration within red blood cells, useful in anaemia assessment.
An index showing average red blood cell size, which can help distinguish different anaemia patterns.
The number of red blood cells in the blood. It helps assess anaemia, hydration, and red-cell production.
A type of white blood cell. Results may be considered alongside allergy, inflammation, infection, and full blood count findings.
A white blood cell type involved in immune response. Results can change with infections, inflammation, and some blood conditions.
A white blood cell type often considered in allergy, asthma, inflammation, and some infections.
A white blood cell type involved in immune response and inflammation. It is interpreted with the wider full blood count.
A white blood cell type important for fighting bacterial infection. Results can shift with infection, inflammation, and medicines.
The total number of white blood cells. It can change with infection, inflammation, stress, medicines, and blood conditions.
Platelets help blood clot. Results can support assessment of bleeding risk, inflammation, infection, or bone marrow activity.
The overall cholesterol level. It is most useful when interpreted with HDL, LDL, triglycerides, and risk factors.
Often called bad cholesterol because raised levels can contribute to cardiovascular risk.
Often called good cholesterol. Higher HDL can be protective, but it is interpreted with the full cholesterol profile.
A cholesterol ratio used to support cardiovascular-risk assessment.
A type of blood fat linked with metabolic and cardiovascular risk, especially when raised.
A sensitive inflammation marker sometimes used in cardiovascular and metabolic risk context.
A protein linked with HDL cholesterol particles. It can add detail to heart-risk assessment beyond a standard cholesterol result.
A protein found on many cholesterol-carrying particles associated with cardiovascular risk. It may help refine lipid assessment.
A ratio comparing atherogenic and protective lipoprotein patterns. It is used as supportive heart-risk information.
A calculated or combined heart-risk marker that helps place cholesterol and related results into a broader risk context.
An enzyme linked with the liver, bile ducts, and bone. Raised results are interpreted with other liver and bone markers.
Also known as ALT, this liver enzyme can rise when liver cells are irritated or damaged. It is usually reviewed alongside other liver markers.
Also known as AST, this enzyme can be linked with liver, muscle, or other tissue irritation, so context matters.
Also known as GGT, this liver enzyme is often reviewed with other liver markers and can be affected by alcohol, medicines, or bile duct issues.
The total bilirubin level in blood, used with liver enzymes and symptoms to assess liver, bile duct, or red-cell turnover patterns.
A major blood protein made by the liver. It can support assessment of liver function, nutrition, inflammation, and kidney protein loss.
A marker of iron storage. Low ferritin can suggest reduced iron stores, while high ferritin can also be linked with inflammation or liver issues.
Total blood protein reflects albumin and globulin levels and can support liver, kidney, nutrition, and inflammation assessment.
A waste product filtered by the kidneys. It is commonly used with eGFR to assess kidney function.
Estimated glomerular filtration rate. It estimates kidney filtering function using blood results and patient factors.
An electrolyte involved in fluid and acid-base balance. It is usually interpreted alongside sodium, potassium, kidney function, and hydration status.
Calcium corrected for albumin level. It can give a more useful view of calcium status than total calcium alone.
An electrolyte important for muscle and heart rhythm. Abnormal results need careful interpretation and sometimes urgent review.
A mineral important for bone, energy, and kidney function. It is interpreted with calcium, vitamin D, and parathyroid hormone.
An electrolyte involved in fluid balance, nerves, and muscles. It is interpreted with kidney function, hydration, and medication history.
A waste product processed by the kidneys. It can reflect kidney function, hydration, protein intake, and other factors.
A waste product from purine metabolism. Raised levels can be linked with gout, kidney stones, and metabolic risk.
An enzyme linked with the liver, bile ducts, and bone. Raised results are interpreted with other liver and bone markers.
Calcium corrected for albumin level. It can give a more useful view of calcium status than total calcium alone.
A mineral important for bone, energy, and kidney function. It is interpreted with calcium, vitamin D, and parathyroid hormone.
A vitamin important for bone, muscle, and immune health. Low levels are common and interpreted with calcium and symptoms.
A blood sugar marker. It can support diabetes and metabolic assessment, especially when interpreted with fasting status and HbA1c.
A marker of average blood sugar over roughly the previous 2 to 3 months. It is commonly used in diabetes assessment and monitoring.
A breakdown product of red blood cells processed by the liver. It can support assessment of liver, bile duct, or blood-cell turnover issues.
A blood sugar marker. It can support diabetes and metabolic assessment, especially when interpreted with fasting status and HbA1c.
Urine ketones can appear when the body is breaking down fat for energy, including fasting, low carbohydrate intake, illness, or diabetes-related concerns.
A urine marker that can suggest certain bacterial urinary tract infections when interpreted with symptoms and other urine findings.
Urine pH reflects acidity or alkalinity. It can vary with diet, hydration, infection, and kidney-related factors.
Urine protein can suggest kidney, urinary tract, or temporary illness-related changes and should be interpreted with context.
Urine red blood cells can suggest bleeding in the urinary tract, kidney stones, infection, or other causes needing review.
A urine marker related to bilirubin processing. It can support liver or red-cell turnover assessment when interpreted with other results.
Urine white blood cells can suggest urinary tract inflammation or infection when interpreted with symptoms and other urine markers.
An enzyme found in muscle. Raised levels can occur after exercise, muscle injury, medication effects, or other muscle conditions.
A muscle enzyme fraction historically associated with heart muscle injury. It is interpreted carefully and is not a standalone emergency test.
A muscle protein that can rise after muscle injury or heavy exercise. It is interpreted with other muscle markers.
A marker of iron storage. Low ferritin can suggest reduced iron stores, while high ferritin can also be linked with inflammation or liver issues.
A mineral needed for haemoglobin and oxygen transport. It is usually interpreted with ferritin, transferrin, and TIBC.
A marker showing how much iron the blood can bind, often used with iron, ferritin, and transferrin saturation.
A protein that carries iron in the blood. It helps interpret iron availability and iron deficiency patterns.
A calculation showing how much transferrin is carrying iron. It helps assess low or high iron states.
An inflammation marker. Raised levels can occur with infection, inflammation, injury, or other conditions and need clinical context.
A folate-related vitamin marker. It supports assessment of red blood cell production and nutritional status.
A vitamin important for red blood cells and nerve function. Low levels can be linked with tiredness, anaemia, and neurological symptoms.
A vitamin important for bone, muscle, and immune health. Low levels are common and interpreted with calcium and symptoms.
A specialist marker intended to reflect antioxidant capacity. It is interpreted as supportive wellness information rather than a diagnosis.
Also known as TSH, this pituitary hormone helps assess whether the thyroid is underactive or overactive.
An active thyroid hormone marker. It can add context in selected thyroid assessments.
A thyroid hormone marker. It is usually interpreted alongside TSH and sometimes FT3 to assess thyroid function.
A reproductive hormone involved in ovulation and testosterone production. Timing and sex-specific context matter.
A sex hormone important for libido, energy, muscle, mood, and reproductive health. Timing and SHBG affect interpretation.
A protein that binds sex hormones. It helps interpret testosterone and oestrogen availability.
A calculated marker estimating biologically available androgen activity, usually interpreted with testosterone and SHBG.
A stress hormone made by the adrenal glands. Timing, medication, sleep, illness, and stress can all affect interpretation.
An adrenal hormone marker. It can support assessment of androgen balance when reviewed with symptoms and other hormones.
A biomarker result should not be read in isolation. Medicines, timing, hydration, recent illness, exercise, pregnancy, and medical history can all affect results.
Blood test results should be interpreted with your symptoms, medical history, medication, age, sex and the laboratory reference range. A result outside the reference range does not always mean a serious problem, and a result inside range does not always explain symptoms.
If results are abnormal, symptoms are ongoing, or you are worried, arrange appropriate medical follow-up. Manchester Chemist can help with the practical testing route, but diagnosis and treatment decisions should be made with a suitably qualified clinician.
