MetabolicMarker Atlas
Metabolic biomarkers describe how your body produces and uses energy — glucose handling, insulin sensitivity, lipid trafficking, and mitochondrial fuel use. They are the upstream signal for almost every chronic disease.
Use this lane to detect insulin resistance and energy-handling drift early, then to dial CGM-led nutrition, training, and pharma against the same panel over time.
A clinical lens on metabolic
Metabolic markers are the upstream signal — almost every chronic disease writes its name here first, years before fasting glucose moves.
Fasting glucose is a lagging indicator. Insulin and HOMA-IR are the early warnings most labs forget to run.
Run it cleanly
- Confirm 10–12 hour fast before draw
- Note recent illness, training, or alcohol
- Pair with body composition where possible
- Set retest cadence before changing protocol
Common stacks
Key markers
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Searchable directory of every published biomarker in this category — sortable, with optimal and conventional ranges.
Best for
- Insulin resistance hunting
- Metabolic syndrome staging
- Body-composition shifts
- Pharma response tracking
Pairs with
- CGM trend data
- DEXA / RMR
- Training-load metrics
- Cardiovascular panel
Decision factors
- Fasting state
- Time of day
- Recent training stress
- Medication washout
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All biomarkers
Database index- 8-OHdG (8-Hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine)
- 9p21 (CVD Risk)
- Aging Clocks Biomarkers
- Akkermansia muciniphila
- Albumin
- Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)
- ALT (Alanine Aminotransferase)
- Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH)
- ApoB Genetic Score (PRS)
- ApoB/ApoA-I Ratio
- APOE Genotype
- Apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I)
- Apolipoprotein B (ApoB)
- AST (Aspartate Aminotransferase)
- Aβ42/40 Ratio (Plasma)
- Basophils (Absolute)
- BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor)
- Beta-Glucuronidase (Stool)
- Bile Acid Diversity
- Blood Pressure (Systolic/Diastolic)
- Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN)
- BNP / NT-proBNP
- BRCA1/BRCA2
- C-Peptide
- Calcium (Total)
- Calprotectin (Fecal)
- Cardiovascular Biomarkers
- Chloride
- CIMT (Carotid Intima-Media Thickness)
- CO2 (Bicarbonate)
- COMT (Val158Met)
- Coronary Artery Calcium Score (CAC)
- Cortisol (AM)
- Creatinine
- CYP1A2
- Cystatin C
- D-Dimer
- DHEA-S (Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate)
- Dihydrotestosterone (DHT)
- DunedinPACE
- Eosinophils (Absolute)
- ESR (Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate)
- Estimated GFR (eGFR)
- Estradiol (E2)
- F2-Isoprostanes
- Factor V Leiden
- Faecalibacterium prausnitzii
- Ferritin
- FIB-4 Index (Fibrosis-4)
- Fibrinogen
- Folate (Serum & RBC)
- Free T3 (Triiodothyronine)
- Free T4 (Thyroxine)
- Free Testosterone
- Fructosamine
- FSH (Follicle-Stimulating Hormone)
- FTO
- GDF-15 (Growth Differentiation Factor 15)
- Genetic Biomarkers
- GFAP (Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein)
- GGT (Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase)
- Glucose (Fasting)
- GlycA (Glycoprotein Acetylation)
- GrimAge (v1 & v2)
- H. pylori
- HbA1c (Glycated Hemoglobin)
- HDL Cholesterol
- Hematocrit
- Hemoglobin
- HFE (C282Y, H63D)
- High-Sensitivity Troponin (hs-TnI)
- HLA-B27
- HOMA-IR (Insulin Resistance Index)
- Homocysteine
- Hormonal Biomarkers
- Horvath Clock (Pan-Tissue)
- hs-CRP (High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein)
- IGF-1 (Insulin-like Growth Factor 1)
- IL-6 (Interleukin-6)
- Inflammatory Biomarkers
- Insulin (Fasting)
- Iron Saturation (Transferrin Saturation)
- LDH (Lactate Dehydrogenase)
- LDL Cholesterol
- LDL Particle Number (LDL-P)
- LH (Luteinizing Hormone)
- Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)]
- Lp-PLA2 (PLAC Test)
- LPS (Lipopolysaccharide)
- Lymphocytes (Absolute)
- Magnesium, RBC (Red Blood Cell Magnesium)
- Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)
- Mean Platelet Volume (MPV)
- Microbiome Diversity (Shannon Index)
- Monocytes (Absolute)
- MTHFR (C677T, A1298C)
- Myeloperoxidase (MPO)
- Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR)
- Neutrophils (Absolute)
- NfL (Neurofilament Light Chain)
- Non-HDL Cholesterol
- Nutrient Biomarkers
- Omega-3 Index (RBC EPA+DHA)
- Organ Function Biomarkers
- Oxidized LDL (Ox-LDL)
- p-Tau 181 / 217 (Plasma)
- Pancreatic Elastase-1
- Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)
- PhenoAge
- Platelet Count
- Potassium
- Pregnenolone
- Progesterone
- Prolactin
- Quinolinic Acid / Kynurenine Ratio
- Red Blood Cell Count (RBC)
- Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW)
- Remnant Cholesterol
- Reticulocyte Count
- S100B
- Secretory IgA (sIgA)
- Serum Iron
- SHBG (Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin)
- Short-Chain Fatty Acids (SCFA)
- SIBO Breath Test (Hydrogen/Methane)
- Small Dense LDL (sdLDL)
- Sodium
- Stool Bile Acids (Total)
- Stool pH
- SystemAge (Generation Lab)
- Telomere Length
- TG/HDL Ratio
- Thyroglobulin Antibodies (TgAb)
- TIBC (Total Iron-Binding Capacity)
- TNF-alpha (Tumor Necrosis Factor)
- Total Bilirubin
- Total Cholesterol
- Total Protein
- Total Testosterone
- TPO Antibodies (Thyroid Peroxidase)
- Triglycerides
- TruAge (TruDiagnostic)
- TSH (Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone)
- Uric Acid
- Urine Albumin-to-Creatinine Ratio (UACR)
- VDR (Vitamin D Receptor)
- Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)
- Vitamin D (25-OH)
- White Blood Cell Count (WBC)
- Zonulin
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