Blue Horizon Medicals Vitamins & minerals

Vitamin B12 Advanced Profile

Vitamin B12 and Folate - with Blood Count

Doctor reviewed

Sample: Blood
Collection: Venous draw at clinic or nurse home visit
Results in: 1 day
Biomarkers: 5
Doctor reviewed: Yes

Tests for

Active B12
Mean Cell Volume
Vitamin B12
Haemoglobin
Serum Folate

Test specifications

Provider: Blue Horizon Medicals
Sample type: blood
Collection method: venous draw at clinic or nurse home visit
Turnaround time: 1 day
Biomarkers tested: 5
At-home test: No
Doctor reviewed: Yes
Gender focus: Both

What's tested

5 biomarkers as listed by Blue Horizon Medicals.

B Vitamins Profile

Active B12

Full blood count

Mean Cell Volume

Nutritional Health

Vitamin B12

Red blood cells

Haemoglobin

Serum Folate

About this test

We believe this profile is a little gem. So much information about red blood cell health and more can be gathered from the tests within and very few profiles offer Active B12 levels as standard. With this knowledge, you can be far more confident of your true B12 status than you might be with the total B12 level alone. The blood count and folate level are included in this profile - these markers should generally be evaluated at all times alongside B12 estimation.

Vitamin B12 is an important vitamin, essential for the normal functioning of many body processes. Deficiency can lead to anaemia (poor quality red blood cells) and neurological (nerve) disorders. It is most abundant in meat products so vegetarians are more vulnerable to deficiency of this vitamin.

Pernicious anaemia develops if uptake of vitamin B12 into the blood from the gut is absent or severely impaired, and even if a diet rich in the vitamin is taken, deficiency will occur if this disease is present. Recent evidence suggests that mild deficiency is probably more common than previously thought. Mild deficiency may explain the presence of fatigue and a host of other limiting symptoms.

Description provided by Blue Horizon Medicals.

Our editorial score

Compare Health Test Score

Editorial confidence: 10.0/10

Score breakdown

Clarity and documentation 9.0/10

The listing publishes a detailed description, the full biomarker list, a stated turnaround, clear collection options, the sample type; it does not state what the report looks like.
Clinical depth 9.2/10

5 biomarkers, placing it in the 79th percentile of vitamins tests we track.
Collection convenience 6.0/10

Requires a venous draw at a clinic; a home nurse visit is offered; results within 2 days.
Results and follow-up 8.5/10

Results are reviewed by a doctor.
Trust signals 7.5/10

Trustpilot 4.2 from 395 reviews; accredited lab (UKAS ISO 15189 partner labs); trading 17+ years.
Value for money 7.4/10

£76.25 against a median of £94.00 for the 28 similarly sized vitamins tests we track (-19%).

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