[cj]

Yet, the metrics in the article are routinely ignored (or not tracked at all) by your typical PCP doctor.

I think more frequent and more thorough blood testing is something I'd love to see become more common place. Even if it's for no other reason than to know what your benchmark is so that if you have a health issue down the line, you know what your values were when you weren't sick.

[dumbmrblah]

If your PCP checks a CBC and a CMP, all of these metrics are there (which virtually 99% of PCP’s do yearly). Lipid panels are regularly checked, A1c is checked periodically if you have a diabetes risk, usually every 1 to 3 years based off USPSTF guidelines.

The only thing that is not regularly checked is a vitamin D level.

So unless you go to some quack MD who orders nothing (which is usually the exact opposite of what quack MDs do) you’re wrong.

Source: I’m a MD

[cj]

You're right.

I was thinking of Lp(a), ApoB, A1c, cystatin c, GGT, and HS CRP.

I personally like getting those tested at least twice a year in addition to CBC/CMP/hormones/lipids.

I'm honestly surprised more doctors aren't ordering more advanced cardiac panels (specifically LP(a) and ApoB). Even though you can't do much about Lp(a), knowing you're genetically at risk can be a motivator to reduce other risk factors.