General health context markers
HbA1c, vitamin D, ferritin
BModerate evidence
Insulin resistance is common in PCOS, and low vitamin D and low iron stores are common and correctable in general. These tests give useful health context and can flag something worth acting on.
Read them as context rather than as a fertility diagnosis: none of them diagnoses infertility or produces a fertility score. Filia lists insulin in its catalog, but current PCOS guidance finds the available insulin assays of limited clinical relevance — so read a result as context for your provider, not as a fertility threshold.
- Measures
- HbA1c, ferritin
- Also
- Vitamin D, CMP, lipids
- Purpose
- General health context