Your Annual Wellness Exam
Table of Contents
- Measures how fast a person walks at a usual, comfortable pace over a short distance
- Validated measure of physical function, frailty, and overall health.
- Integrates the function of the brain, nervous system, muscles, bones, and cardiovascular system.
- The Maximum force you can generate by squeezing a handheld device called a Dynamometer.
- Reflects the strength of the muscles in your hands, forearms, and entire body.
- Is a reliable & validated measure of overall muscle strength, physical function, and health status.
- A simple, noninvasive measurement that compares the systolic blood pressure at the ankle with the systolic blood pressure in the arm.
- Helps detect Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD).
- Lower ABI indicates reduced flow to the legs, suggesting blockage or narrowing of the arteries.
- The proportion of your total body weight that is fat.
- Higher the body fat, especially visceral fat, increases the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke.
- The Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA) is quick, noninvasive, and measures fat mass, lean mass, and total body water.
- A group of noninvasive tests that measure lung volumes, airflow, and gas exchange.
- Helps diagnose and monitor lung diseases, assess severity, and evaluate response to treatment.
- Commonly used for asthma, COPD, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary fibrosis, chronic bronchitis, and other respiratory disorders.
- A small molecule produced from certain nutrients such as choline, L-carnitine, and betaine after being metabolized by gut bacteria into Trimethylamine (TMA)
- TMA is absorbed into the bloodstream and transported to the liver, where it's converted into TMAO.
- Studies show that TMAO may promote inflammation in the blood vessel wall, contributing to atherosclerosis, cholesterol accumilation in the arteries, and enhance platelet reactivity, which could increase blood clots.
- An enzyme found in neutrophils, a type of white blood cell.
- Uses hydrogen peroxide and chloride ions to produce powerful oxidants, such as Hypochlorous acid(HOCl), which help kill bacteria, but can damage human tissues, including the lining of the blood vessels.
- MPO oxidizes LDL, and damages the endothelium, promotes inflammation, and weakens the fibrous cap, making plaque more likely to rupture and cause clots, heart attack, or stroke.
- Asysmmetric Dimethylarginine (ADMA) is a naturally occuring amino acid derivative formed by methylation of the amino acid L-arginine within proteins.
- Symmetric Dimethylarginine (SDMA) is a natural occuring methylated derivative of L-arginine during protein metabolism.
- ADMA affects Nitric Oxide synthase and reduces the Nitric Oxide production, while SDMA reduces kidney function (lower GFR)
- A protein made by the liver in response to inflammation.
- The high sensitivity test can detect very low levels of CRP, which helps to identify chronic, low-grade inflammation that way cause risk in cardiovascular disease & other conditions.
- the hs-CRP is not a diagnostic test by itself, but it is one important piece of information used along with other risk factors.
- A protein found on the surface of atherogenic lipoprotein particles, including LDL, VLDL, IDL, and Lp(a).
- Each of these particles contains one ApoB molecule, so the ApoB blood test measures the total number of atherogenic particles in your blood.
- These particles can penetrate the artery wall, deposit cholesterol, and lead to plaque buildup (atherosclerosis).
- A natural waste product formed when the body breaks down purines from food (i.e. red meat, shelfish, alcohol) and from normal cell turnover.
- It is filtered by the kidneys and excreted in the urine.
- When levels are too high, it can form needle shaped crystals, which can cause gout, promote inflammation, and increase oxidated stress. Causing damage the blood vessels, kidneys, and other organs.
- A blood test that measures the percentage of hemoglobin in your red blood cells that has glucose (sugar) attached to it.
- Glucose in the bloodstream naturally attaches to hemoglobin over time.
- Because red blood cells live about 120 days, HbA1c reflects your average blood sugar over the past three months.
- A group of Fat-soluble secosteroids with vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) being the form produced in the skin and vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) coming from plants.
- Vitamin D is converted from the liver to 25 hydroxy-vitamin D.
- Vitamin D supports cardiovascular health by improving endothelial function, reduces inflammation, regulates blood pressure, reduces plaque formation, and lowers cardiovascular risk like heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and cardiovascular death.
- A condition in which the airway repeatedly becomes partially or completely blocked during sleep, causing pauses in breath (apneas) or shallow breathing (hypopneas).
- The breathing interruptions can last from 10 seconds to over a minute, as well as many times per hour, leading to lower oxygen levels and fragmented sleep.
- Risk factors include Obesity, larger neck circumference, increasing age, and narrow airway anatomy.
Updated 2026
Your Annual Wellness Exam
Table of Contents
- Measures how fast a person walks at a usual, comfortable pace over a short distance
- Validated measure of physical function, frailty, and overall health.
- Integrates the function of the brain, nervous system, muscles, bones, and cardiovascular system.
- The Maximum force you can generate by squeezing a handheld device called a Dynamometer.
- Reflects the strength of the muscles in your hands, forearms, and entire body.
- Is a reliable & validated measure of overall muscle strength, physical function, and health status.
- A simple, noninvasive measurement that compares the systolic blood pressure at the ankle with the systolic blood pressure in the arm.
- Helps detect Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD).
- Lower ABI indicates reduced flow to the legs, suggesting blockage or narrowing of the arteries.
- The proportion of your total body weight that is fat.
- Higher the body fat, especially visceral fat, increases the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke.
- The Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA) is quick, noninvasive, and measures fat mass, lean mass, and total body water.
- A group of noninvasive tests that measure lung volumes, airflow, and gas exchange.
- Helps diagnose and monitor lung diseases, assess severity, and evaluate response to treatment.
- Commonly used for asthma, COPD, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary fibrosis, chronic bronchitis, and other respiratory disorders.
- A small molecule produced from certain nutrients such as choline, L-carnitine, and betaine after being metabolized by gut bacteria into Trimethylamine (TMA)
- TMA is absorbed into the bloodstream and transported to the liver, where it's converted into TMAO.
- Studies show that TMAO may promote inflammation in the blood vessel wall, contributing to atherosclerosis, cholesterol accumilation in the arteries, and enhance platelet reactivity, which could increase blood clots.
- An enzyme found in neutrophils, a type of white blood cell.
- Uses hydrogen peroxide and chloride ions to produce powerful oxidants, such as Hypochlorous acid(HOCl), which help kill bacteria, but can damage human tissues, including the lining of the blood vessels.
- MPO oxidizes LDL, and damages the endothelium, promotes inflammation, and weakens the fibrous cap, making plaque more likely to rupture and cause clots, heart attack, or stroke.
- Asysmmetric Dimethylarginine (ADMA) is a naturally occuring amino acid derivative formed by methylation of the amino acid L-arginine within proteins.
- Symmetric Dimethylarginine (SDMA) is a natural occuring methylated derivative of L-arginine during protein metabolism.
- ADMA affects Nitric Oxide synthase and reduces the Nitric Oxide production, while SDMA reduces kidney function (lower GFR)
- A protein made by the liver in response to inflammation.
- The high sensitivity test can detect very low levels of CRP, which helps to identify chronic, low-grade inflammation that way cause risk in cardiovascular disease & other conditions.
- the hs-CRP is not a diagnostic test by itself, but it is one important piece of information used along with other risk factors.
- A protein found on the surface of atherogenic lipoprotein particles, including LDL, VLDL, IDL, and Lp(a).
- Each of these particles contains one ApoB molecule, so the ApoB blood test measures the total number of atherogenic particles in your blood.
- These particles can penetrate the artery wall, deposit cholesterol, and lead to plaque buildup (atherosclerosis).
- A natural waste product formed when the body breaks down purines from food (i.e. red meat, shelfish, alcohol) and from normal cell turnover.
- It is filtered by the kidneys and excreted in the urine.
- When levels are too high, it can form needle shaped crystals, which can cause gout, promote inflammation, and increase oxidated stress. Causing damage the blood vessels, kidneys, and other organs.
- A blood test that measures the percentage of hemoglobin in your red blood cells that has glucose (sugar) attached to it.
- Glucose in the bloodstream naturally attaches to hemoglobin over time.
- Because red blood cells live about 120 days, HbA1c reflects your average blood sugar over the past three months.
- A group of Fat-soluble secosteroids with vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) being the form produced in the skin and vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) coming from plants.
- Vitamin D is converted from the liver to 25 hydroxy-vitamin D.
- Vitamin D supports cardiovascular health by improving endothelial function, reduces inflammation, regulates blood pressure, reduces plaque formation, and lowers cardiovascular risk like heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and cardiovascular death.
- A condition in which the airway repeatedly becomes partially or completely blocked during sleep, causing pauses in breath (apneas) or shallow breathing (hypopneas).
- The breathing interruptions can last from 10 seconds to over a minute, as well as many times per hour, leading to lower oxygen levels and fragmented sleep.
- Risk factors include Obesity, larger neck circumference, increasing age, and narrow airway anatomy.