After the appointment
Your doctor said lose weight. Nobody said how.
The consultation lasted eleven minutes. You walked out with a target, a follow-up date, and no method. Start with a free reading of the report you were just handed — and walk into your next appointment with better numbers.
A few questions. No account. Works on the report in your hand.
- Total Cholesterol182 mg/dL
- LDL Cholesterol108 mg/dL
- HDL Cholesterol44 mg/dL
- Triglycerides154 mg/dL
- ApoBnot measured
- Lipoprotein(a)not measured
The report your doctor read. The two lines that matter most are blank.
How serious has your weight already become?
Weight is not scored by the number on the scale. What matters clinically is whether it has begun to affect anything yet — blood pressure, blood sugar, the liver, your knees, your day.
That is what a staging system does, and there is a published one: the Edmonton Obesity Staging System. Metaboliq screens you against its criteria from what you enter, and gives you the stage in plain language — with the caveat that stages 3 and 4 need a clinical examination, so this screen never reads higher than 2+.
Class I
2026 international guidelines now recommend Lp(a) at least once for every adult
First time
ApoB entered a major guideline with hard targets: under 55, 70 or 90 mg/dL
₹0
what it costs to have your existing report read here
~0
Indian standard lipid panels that include either marker
In range is not the same as healthy.
Your lab prints a reference range. It does not print your target. A value can sit comfortably inside the range printed on the page and still be well above the level associated with a longer life — and nothing on the report will tell you that.
The two markers below are the clearest example. Neither appears on a standard Indian lipid profile. Both are cheap. One of them you only ever need to measure once.
ApoB
The number of cholesterol-carrying particles in your blood, rather than the amount of cholesterol inside them. Two people with identical LDL can carry very different particle counts, and it is the particle count that lodges in artery walls. Guidelines now set targets under 55, 70 or 90 mg/dL depending on your risk.
Lipoprotein(a)
Inherited, largely fixed for life, and unusually common in South Asians. It is measured once and never needs repeating. High Lp(a) does not mean something has gone wrong with your lifestyle — it means everything you can change now matters more than it would for someone without it.
Your weight and your metabolism are one system. Read them together.
Indian hearts fail earlier.
South Asians develop coronary disease around a decade earlier than most other populations, and often without the classic warning signs. Lipoprotein(a) is one of the better-documented reasons — there is a substantial body of published Indian cardiology research on it as an under-recognised driver of premature heart disease. Metaboliq reads every value against South Asian cutoffs, not American ones.
How it works
1
Get your free reading.
A few questions plus the report you were just handed. You get your Weight Impact Stage — how far your weight has already gone — your 10-year heart risk, and the few things actually worth fixing before the next visit.
Free · about 2 minutes
2
Cross the line, see a doctor — free.
A free 30-minute consultation with a metabolic expert, who reads your score and your report together and tells you what is actually driving it. The doctor orders only what your report doesn't already cover.
Free · 30 minutes, on us
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No recent report? One draw covers it all.
The complete panel — standard tests, the two missing numbers, insulin resistance, liver, inflammation — plus the consultation.
₹1,999 · about 72 hours
The Two Numbers
Everything your follow-up appointment needs.
₹1,999 buys both: the 18-analyte panel and the same 30-minute consult with a metabolic expert. The struck-through figure is what an extended lipid panel, insulin-resistance testing, liver enzymes and a consultation cost separately.
- ApoB and Lipoprotein(a) — the two numbers missing from your report
- Full extended lipid profile, including ApoA1 and homocysteine
- Insulin resistance: fasting glucose, fasting insulin, HOMA-IR, HbA1c
- Fatty liver check: liver enzymes, with a fibrosis index where computable
- Inflammation: hs-CRP
- All collected at home in one draw · results in about 72 hours
- A full consultation with an endocrinologist or internal-medicine specialist
- A doctor-ready summary of your results and plan, on WhatsApp — carry it into your next appointment.
Most people should do the free assessment first. It tells you whether this test will actually change anything for you.