Albumin

MeasuredEssential

The main protein your liver makes.

Falls in long-standing liver disease and in malnutrition.

Calculated from this result

Once a lab has this measurement, these lines cost it nothing to add.

Part of

How we rate it: Essential

Defensible in a routine adult check-up.

This rating and the description above were written against published screening guidelines by someone who is not a clinician, and are awaiting review by one. We would rather say that than imply an authority we do not have.

Check-ups that include it

In 87 of the 93 check-ups we track, 94%. Cheapest first.

and 75 more.

Information here is for comparing packages, not for diagnosing yourself. Talk to a doctor about which tests you actually need.