What you see on every panel
Each biomarker result has three parts: your measured value, the lab's reference range (the low and high thresholds), and a status flag that tells you how your value compares to those thresholds.
What each color means
EllaDx uses four status flags. Two are informational; two indicate a value outside the reference range that may warrant attention or a clinician conversation.
Where the numbers come from
Lab reference ranges are established by testing large populations and marking the middle 95% as "normal." This means roughly 5% of perfectly healthy people fall outside the range on any given test - false flags are real.
Ranges also differ by lab. Quest Diagnostics (EllaDx's draw partner) calibrates its own analyzers, so our ranges may differ slightly from results you've seen elsewhere. Always compare results from the same lab.
The range bar in your panel view shows your value as a dot. The shaded green band is the in-range zone. A dot to the left of the band is low; to the right is high.
What “optimal” means
for women.
Standard reference ranges are often derived from mixed-sex populations - meaning the thresholds were partly shaped by male physiology. For hormones and many metabolic markers, a value that is "normal" for the average adult may not be optimal for a woman in her 30s or 40s.
EllaDx's physician review layer considers where you are in your cycle, your age, and your prior results when interpreting hormone panels. A low-normal estradiol in the mid-luteal phase tells a different story than the same number on cycle day 2.
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