At a Glance
Package: Full Body Checkup with Vitamin D & B12. Tests: 79 parameters, 9 components. Price: From 899. Fasting: 10 hours. Sample: Blood and urine, single draw. Reports: 24 hours, digital. Home collection: Free across Delhi. Lab: NABL-accredited.
This is the Basic Full Body Checkup — all 77 of its parameters — with two tests added: Vitamin D (25-Hydroxy) and Vitamin B12. It is a variant of that base, not a tier above it. The Full Body Checkup with HbA1c takes the same base and adds a three-month glucose average and a Thyroid Profile instead, at 82 parameters. If you want the two vitamins plus thyroid, Iron Studies and HbA1c from one draw, that is the Advanced Full Body Checkup with Vitamin D & B12 at 89 parameters; this package includes none of those three.
Vitamin D (25-Hydroxy) and the Delhi Winter
Sunlight on skin, not food, is how most people get vitamin D, and window glass blocks the UVB wavelength that starts the reaction, so indoor time does not count. Through Delhi's October-to-January smog season outdoor routines shrink: morning walks get cut short, evening games move inside. That is a behavioural change with a measurable consequence: less skin exposure means less vitamin D synthesis. No test here measures air quality or any damage from it; what it measures is the vitamin level that the change in behaviour affects.
Vitamin D (25-Hydroxy) is the storage form and the correct marker for assessing status. The Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline, 2011 reads below 20 ng/mL as deficiency, 20 to 30 ng/mL as insufficiency and above 30 ng/mL as adequate. Reported prevalence across Indian populations ranges from 40% to over 90% depending on the group studied (Ritu G, Gupta A, Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2014;39(4):178-184). Deficiency presents dully — diffuse bone and muscle ache, lower back pain, weakness rising from a squat — which is why it goes unmeasured for years. The level moves with the season, so note the month of your test and compare later results against the same part of the year.
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 occurs naturally only in animal-derived foods, and the quantities in milk, curd and paneer fall well short of daily requirement. An estimated 47 to 70% of Indians are deficient, rising above 70% among vegetarians (Yajnik CS, et al., Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, 2006;54:775-782). It causes fatigue, tingling or numbness in the hands and feet, unsteadiness, a sore tongue and memory difficulty, and prolonged deficiency can leave permanent nerve damage.
Three limits to carry to your doctor. A serum result between roughly 200 and 300 pg/mL is a grey zone where symptoms can coexist with a figure inside the reference range, and confirming it needs homocysteine or methylmalonic acid, neither of which is in this package. Metformin, long-term antacids and proton pump inhibitors all reduce B12 absorption. And supplements or an injection taken shortly before the draw raise the number without correcting stores, so test first and supplement afterwards.
Blood Picture - Peripheral Smear Examination
This profile is what turns a B12 number into something interpretable. It reports five findings: Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets, Hemoparasites and a written Impression. A qualified pathologist prepares the slide and reads it by hand, because no analyser can, so the cost is pathologist time — the line item dropped to protect a price point. An analyser returns counts; a pathologist sees size, shape and structure. The CBC says haemoglobin is low; the smear says why. Enlarged cells support low B12 or folate, small pale cells point to iron deficiency, sickle-shaped cells to sickle cell disease. It also catches blast cells that may indicate leukaemia, and platelet clumping that counters misread as a dangerously low count. The Hemoparasites finding matters because dengue and malaria are endemic across Delhi NCR.
The Other 6 Components
CBC with ESR (21): Haemoglobin, red cell indices, platelets, white cell differential and ESR — over 50% of Indian women aged 15-49 are anaemic (NFHS-5, 2019-21). Liver Function Test (12): Bilirubin fractions, ALP, SGOT, SGPT, GGT, protein, albumin and both ratios; NAFLD affects 30-40% of urban Indian adults (Duseja A, et al., Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2022). Kidney Function Test (12): Urea, creatinine, BUN, electrolytes, uric acid, calcium, phosphorus and GFR by MDRD — the calcium and phosphorus read alongside vitamin D, which governs calcium absorption. Lipid Profile (9): Non-HDL cholesterol is a better cardiovascular predictor than LDL alone (AHA/ACC, 2018), plus three cardiac ratios. Complete Urine Analysis (17): Urinary infection, overt proteinuria, glycosuria and crystals; the dipstick detects protein but not microalbuminuria. Blood Glucose Fasting (1): Below 100 mg/dL normal, 100-125 prediabetes, 126 or above diabetes (ADA Standards of Care in Diabetes, 2024).
Sources
Ritu G, Gupta A, IJCM, 2014;39(4):178-184 · Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline, 2011 · Yajnik et al., JAPI, 2006;54:775-782 · NFHS-5, 2019-21 · ADA Standards of Care in Diabetes, 2024 · AHA/ACC Cholesterol Guideline, 2018 · Duseja et al., Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2022
Content last reviewed: October 2026