1st-order laboratory parameters-obligatory laboratory tests.
- Small blood count
- Inflammatory parameters – CRP (C-reactive protein).
- Urine status
- Urine pH
- Total protein
- Glucose and ketone bodies (provide information about glucose metabolism).
- Bilirubin (indicating cholestasis/liver damage) and urobilinogen, gives indication of hemolysis (destruction of red blood cells) as well as liver damage.
- Nitrite (may indicate an infection of nitrite-forming bacteria).
- Fasting glucose (fasting blood glucose).
- HbA1c (long-term blood glucose value)
- Renal parameters – urea, creatinine, cystatin C if necessary.
- Total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides.
- Homocysteine
- Apolipoprotein B (Apo B; APOB) – blood sample taken after a food abstinence of circa 10-14 hours; Apo B is usually elevated in paVK.
- Coagulation parameters – Quick value, PTT (partial thromboplastin time).
- Fibrinogen (clotting factor I) – risk factor for thromboembolic events as well as coronary artery disease (CAD).
Pathological CRP and HbA1c serum levels correlate with the risk of developing peripheral arterial disease.
