The Advanced Iron Panel measures three complementary markers of iron status: serum iron (the amount of iron circulating in your blood), ferritin (your stored iron reserves), and transferrin (the protein that transports iron through your bloodstream). It's designed for health-conscious adults and active people who want a clearer picture of their iron balance beyond a single measurement.
Iron status can't be judged accurately from one number, which is why this panel combines storage, transport, and circulating iron into a single snapshot. Ferritin reflects your longer-term iron reserves and is often the first marker to drop before symptoms appear, while transferrin tends to rise when your body is trying to capture more iron, and serum iron shows what's currently available. Read together, these markers help answer practical questions: are my iron stores adequate, is my body signaling a shortfall, and is depletion an emerging trend or a stable baseline? This is useful if you experience fatigue, reduced exercise tolerance, or follow a diet lower in bioavailable iron, and it gives you concrete information to discuss dietary changes or follow-up with a clinician. Because iron status shifts over time, having a baseline also makes future results more meaningful. Ordering these three markers together in one blood draw is more convenient and typically better value than requesting them separately.
For athletes & active people
Endurance and high-volume training can increase iron turnover through mechanisms like foot-strike hemolysis, sweat losses, and inflammation-related effects on absorption, so athletes are more prone to low iron stores than the general population. Because iron is essential for oxygen transport and energy metabolism, low ferritin can quietly undercut endurance, recovery, and training adaptation even before it progresses to anemia. Tracking these markers periodically helps active people spot downward trends early and maintain the iron reserves that support consistent training.
Order online
Choose your lab and check out. We send your lab requisition automatically — no doctor visit needed.
Get your sample collected
Visit a lab service center near you for a quick blood draw (or book at-home phlebotomy where available).
See your results
Your results land in your Insider portal, ready to review and act on — that easy.
Insider panel price
$29.00$120
4.1× less than retail
Versus the typical direct-to-consumer retail cost of ordering these tests individually (illustrative — consumer prices vary by provider and region). Your $20 order fee is waived as an Insider.
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