Blood Urea

MeasuredEssential

A protein waste product your kidneys clear.

Rises with kidney trouble, but also with dehydration and high protein intake.

Calculated from this result

Once a lab has this measurement, these lines cost it nothing to add.

Part of

How we rate it — Essential

Defensible in a routine adult check-up.

This rating and the description above were written against published screening guidelines by someone who is not a clinician, and are awaiting review by one. We would rather say that than imply an authority we do not have.

Check-ups that include it

In 72 of the 78check-ups we track — 92%. Cheapest first.

and 60 more.

Information here is for comparing packages, not for diagnosing yourself. Talk to a doctor about which tests you actually need.