Yes, Indian lab reports work with NannaLife. It does not expect one fixed layout: it reads the biomarker values, units, reference ranges, and dates on the page, then standardizes names and units so results from different labs line up on a single timeline.
Why Indian reports are a hard format
A report from a large diagnostic chain looks nothing like a printout from a neighbourhood pathology lab in the same city. Both are usually correct. The differences that trip up a plain PDF viewer are:
- One page can carry six or seven different panels, each with its own grouping and its own reference ranges.
- The same marker appears under different names - SGOT and AST, SGPT and ALT, PCV and haematocrit.
- Units vary between labs, and sometimes between panels on the same report.
- Reference ranges are printed per lab rather than per standard, so the same value can be flagged differently by two labs.
- Reports arrive as scanned images or phone photos as often as clean digital PDFs.
NannaLife is built around those differences. It reads the values and their units, maps markers to LOINC codes, and normalizes the names and units rather than trusting the layout.
Units you will see on Indian reports
Indian labs predominantly report in conventional units. NannaLife keeps the value and its unit, and normalizes across labs so a marker stays comparable even when the next lab reports it differently.
| Marker | Unit you will often see |
|---|---|
| Total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides | mg/dL |
| Fasting and post-prandial glucose | mg/dL |
| HbA1c | % (sometimes mmol/mol) |
| Creatinine | mg/dL |
| Haemoglobin | g/dL |
| Vitamin D (25-OH) | ng/mL |
| Vitamin B12 | pg/mL |
| TSH | uIU/mL |
| Bilirubin, albumin, total protein | mg/dL and g/dL |
Panels that usually arrive together
A single visit to a lab in India typically produces one document holding several panels. NannaLife treats the markers as individual results and keeps their panel grouping, so a lipid profile read in 2023 and again in 2026 lines up.
Complete blood count
Haemoglobin, haematocrit, red and white cell counts, platelets, and the differential counts.
Lipid profile
Total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, and the ratios some labs add alongside them.
Liver and kidney function
Bilirubin, liver enzymes, albumin, creatinine, and urea, usually printed as two separate panels.
Thyroid
TSH on its own, or a full panel with T3 and T4 depending on what was ordered.
Diabetes markers
Fasting glucose, post-prandial glucose, and HbA1c, which together tell a longer story than any one of them.
Vitamins and minerals
Vitamin D, vitamin B12, iron studies, and calcium, which are among the most frequently retested markers.
What NannaLife does with all of it
- Extracts Each biomarker, its value, unit, reference range, panel, and the report date.
- Normalizes Marker names and units are standardized, so results from different labs land on one comparable timeline.
- Classifies Every result is marked healthy, borderline, critical, or unknown against its own reference range.
- Links back Every extracted value stays connected to the original report, so you can open the source document at any time.
- Explains Each marker carries an explanation of what it measures and what its reference range means.
Your reports, and India's DPDP Act
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 governs how digital personal data is processed in India. NannaLife's Privacy Policy is written with that Act and its rules in mind: your reports are processed only to provide the features you ask for, they are not sold or shared for advertising, and you can contact us to request access, correction, or deletion.
Two things are worth stating plainly, because they are easy to assume otherwise. NannaLife does not claim full compliance with every provision of the DPDP Act, and there is no self-service delete screen yet, so deletion is handled by emailing [email protected]. Retention details are in the policy.
Built in Bengaluru
NannaLife is built in Bengaluru, and the name is Kannada for "my life". The product is a mobile-first web app, so a report photographed at a lab and a report downloaded from a chain's portal both arrive in the same place, and both stay private to your account.