The most common blood tests requested by a physician during a standard physical exam are a complete blood count (CBC), a metabolic panel, and an insulin test.
"typically the most common ones that a doctor wants at a physical are the CBC, the metabolic panel, and insulin." (said at 0:34:49)
The speaker claims that a complete blood count (CBC), metabolic panel, and insulin test are the most common blood tests ordered by a physician at a physical examination. While complete blood counts, chemistry/metabolic panels, and lipid profiles are frequently ordered case-finding laboratory tests during general ambulatory examinations, routine insulin testing is not standard practice or among the most commonly requested routine screening blood tests.
- contradicts: Yield of laboratory tests for case-finding in the ambulatory general medical examination. (The American journal of medicine 1996)
"The main outcome measurements were the diagnostic yield and therapeutic yield of the complete blood count, chemistry panel, lipid profile, thyroid tests, and urinalysis ordered for case-finding." (abstract, methods, passage verified)
pubmedfull study (doi)