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Our Super Female Panel, like our Comprehensive Female Panel, uses a few different tests to give you and your healthcare provider a good view of your overall health. This comprehensive analysis tests for thyroid hormones, sex hormones, as well as general health markers, such as complete blood count (CBC) and a complete metabolic panel with lipids.What is included in the Super Female Panel that is not in the Comprehensive Female Panel is the addition of a test for vitamin D deficiency and for your free testosterone level. The addition of these tests can give your doctor a clearer picture of your body’s ability to make and use testosterone, which could be quite important depending on your presenting symptoms.
What Is the Super Female Panel?
A Super Female Panel is a way for your healthcare provider to take a deeper look into your hormone levels and get a better sense of your overall health and fitness.
You must be 18 years or older to be eligible for the Super Female Panel. The test is done in a matter of minutes by collecting a routine blood sample and running several tests or “panels” that assess hormone levels and measure other biomarkers that could be indicative of metabolic disorders such as diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers. The Super Female Panel also provides values that indicate the health and functioning of major organs such as your kidneys and liver.
Your doctor would order this test as part of an initial physical exam or any time he or she would like to get a good general snapshot of your overall health. This panel in particular, would be requested if he or she thinks it would be beneficial to evaluate your vitamin D level and your level of free or bioavailable testosterone.
Main Components of a Super Female Panel
- Comprehensive Metabolic Panel – This panel measures your blood glucose (sugar) levels and provides your doctor with valuable information about your kidney function, liver function, and your risk of diabetes.
- CBC With Differential and Platelets – This tests different parts of your blood; it detects anemia, infection, bleeding disorders, and signs of systemic inflammation.
- Lipid Panel – This is the test that gives a good picture of your risk for cardiovascular disease. It tests for your HDL (good) and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, as well as triglycerides.
- Progesterone – Progesterone is one of the female sex hormones. It has functions in the menstrual cycle and pregnancy. Evaluating your progesterone level can let your doctor know about fertility issues and how close you are to menopause, and can also help diagnose conditions like adrenal fatigue.
- IGF-1 – IGF-1 is a hormone related to the release and production of human growth hormone (HGH). Testing your IGF-1 level can let your doctor know if your HGH levels are in the normal range or if you could be suffering from adult-onset or “age-related” growth hormone deficiency.
- Estradiol – While estradiol, or estrogen, is a female hormone, a man’s body does make estradiol as well, although to a significantly lower degree than a woman’s. Testing estradiol levels in males may be used to see whether too much estrogen is causing conditions such as delayed puberty, breast growth (gynecomastia), or infertility. Higher than normal estrogen levels in males could also be related to low testosterone.
- Thyroid Hormones: TSH+Free T4, Triiodothyronine, Free, S – There are several different hormones produced by your thyroid. Testing the levels of thyroid hormone can tell you if you have conditions like hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) or hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid).
- Testosterone, Free, Equilibrium Ultrafiltration With Total Testosterone, LC/MS-MS* – This panel takes a closer look at a female’s testosterone level by looking at not merely your “total” testosterone but free testosterone. Free testosterone is testosterone that is not “bound” to any proteins and is available for use. A doctor may want to know your testosterone level to evaluate hirsutism and masculinization in women and/or to evaluate clinical states in which the testosterone-binding proteins may be altered (obesity, cirrhosis, thyroid disorders).
- Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy – This test is used to screen out vitamin D deficiencies, which could be responsible for symptoms such as joint pain, brittle bones, and muscle weakness.
Preparing for a Super Female Panel
Preparing for your Super Female Panel is the same as it is for the Comprehensive Female Panel. It is recommended that you do not eat or drink anything except water for 8-12 hours before your test. If you are taking medications, including any hormones, check with your healthcare provider to see whether you should take them before the test.
Interpreting the Results of Your Super Female Panel
After the test, when your results are ready, we will email them to you in a clear, easy-to-read report and also invite you in for a consultation with one of our healthcare providers. During this consultation, based on your results and other factors, we may recommend hormone therapy, vitamin D supplementation, or other treatments as needed.
Unless otherwise indicated, your test results are typically available within 24-72 business hours after the lab receives your sample. Most often, your test results will be emailed to you, or if you have access to a patient portal, you may be able to see them online. We only use highly skilled and qualified labs like LabCorp for our test panels, so your privacy and the accuracy of your results can be assured. On your report, you will see your levels or scores for a given test and what the normal range is for that component.
Normal Ranges for Each Component in This Panel
MARKER NORMAL RANGE Comprehensive Metabolic Panel Glucose – 70 to 100 mg/dL 70 to 99 mg/dL CBC RBC – 3.92 trillion to 5.13 trillion cells/L (Female specific) Lipid Panel Hemoglobin: 11.6 to 15 grams/dL (Female specific) Progesterone Hematocrit – 35.5% to 44.9% (Female specific) IGF-1 WBC – 3.4 billion to 9.6 billion cells/L Testosterone, Serum Platelet count – 157 billion to 371 billion/L Estradiol Total Cholesterol – Less than 200 mg/dL Thyroid Hormones: TSH+Free T4, Triiodothyronine, Free, S Triglycerides – Less than 150 mg/dL Testosterone, Free, Equilibrium Ultrafiltration With Total Testosterone Optimal Result: 0.3 – 50.6 nmol/L, or 0.09 – 15.91 ng/mL. Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy Varies by age in (ng/mL) - Growth Hormone Therapy
