Blood Testing

Our team has had long discussions about which blood tests provide the best insight into our “biological age,” as well as the matter of affordability and ease of access.

What we’ve arrived at will enable as many people as possible to have these blood tests performed at baseline (before undergoing a potential age-reversal intervention), and at follow-up intervals afterwards.

The panel we’ve come up with enables most people to have a blood draw done in their local area. The results will provide an in-depth snapshot of current health status and surrogate biological age.

The cost of having all these tests done by commercial labs is outlandish. One large commercial lab quoted us over $3,000 for this elaborate test panel. Through group purchasing, we’ve arranged for members of the Age Reversal Network to obtain this comprehensive test panel for $325, a savings of around 90%.

A more basic blood test panel—which includes an estimation of phenotypic age ("PhenoAge")—can be purchased for $105. PhenoAge has been shown to correlate strongly with epigenetic age (see Levine et al., 2018).

The Blood Test Panels can be purchased at the LifeExtension website.

The Comprehensive Panels for men and women include the following biomarkers:​

Cardiac/Inflammatory

  • Homocysteine
  • C-Reactive Protein
  • Apolipoprotein B

Hormones and Binding Proteins

  • DHEA-S
  • Free Testosterone
  • Total Testosterone
  • Estradiol
  • Progesterone (for women)
  • Vitamin D 25-Hydroxy
  • TSH (thyroid)
  • Cortisol
  • SHBG

Prostate

  • PSA (for men)

Minerals

  • Calcium
  • Magnesium (serum)
  • Potassium, Sodium
  • Phosphorus, Chloride
  • Iron & Ferritin

Conventional Lipids

  • Cholesterol, Total
  • Triglycerides
  • HDL Cholesterol
  • LDL Cholesterol
  • Non-HDL Cholesterol
  • T. Chol/HDL Ratio

Insulin Resistance Markers

  • Glucose
  • Insulin
  • HbA1C

Liver/Kidney

  • Creatinine
  • Uric Acid
  • BUN
  • eGFR
  • Protein, Total
  • Alk Phosphatase
  • LDH
  • AST
  • ALT
  • GGT
  • Albumin
  • Globulin
  • Bilirubin

Immune-Blood Cell Counts

  • Complete Blood Cell Counts (CBC)