ENDOKRINE | |
Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) | 9-52 pg/mL (2-11 pmol/L) |
Aldosterone, serum | Supine – 2-5 ng/dL (55-138 pmol/L)
Standing – 7-20 ng/dL (194-554 pmol/L) |
Aldosterone, urine | 5-19 μg/24 h (13.9-52.6 nmol/24 h) |
Catecholamines | Epinephrine plasma (supine): less than 75 ng/L (410 pmol/L) Norepinephrine, plasma (supine): 50-440 ng/L (296-2600 pmol/L) |
Catecholamines, 24-hour, urine | Less than 100 μg/m2per 24 h (591 nmol/m2 per 24 h) |
Cortisol free, urine | Less than 90 μg/24 h (248 nmol/24 h) |
Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA), plasma | Male: 1.3-5.5 mg/mL (3.5-14.9 μmol/L)
Female: 0.6-3.3 mg/mL (1.6-8.9 μmol/L) |
Estradiol, serum | Male: 10-30 pg/mL (37-110 pmol/L);
Female: day 1-10, 50-100 pmol/L; day 11-20, 50-200 pmol/L; day 21-30, 70-150 pmol/L |
Follicle-stimulating hormone, serum | Male (adult): 5-15 mU/mL (5-15 U/L)
Female: follicular or luteal phase, 5-20 mU/mL (5-20 U/L); midcycle peak, 30-50 mU/mL (30-50 U/L); postmenopausal, greater than 35 mU/mL (35 U/L) |
Growth hormone, plasma | After oral glucose, less than 2 ng/mL (2 μg/L); response to provocative stimuli: greater than 7 ng/mL (7 μg/L) |
Luteinizing hormone, serum | Male: 3-15 mU/mL (3-15 U/L)
Female: follicular or luteal phase, 5-22 mU/mL (5-22 U/L); midcycle peak, 30-250 mU/mL (30-250 U/L); postmenopausal, greater than 30 mU/mL (30 U/L) |
Parathyroid hormone, serum | 10-65 pg/mL (10-65 ng/L) |
Prolactin, serum | Male: less than 15 ng/mL (15 mg/L);
Female: less than 20 ng/mL (20 mg/L) |
Testosterone, serum | Male (adult): 300-1200 ng/dL (10-42 nmol/L)
Female: 20-75 ng/dL (0.7-2.6 nmol/L) |
Thyroid function tests (normal ranges vary) | Thyroid iodine (131I) uptake: 10% to 30% of administered dose at 24 h |
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) | 0.5-5.0 μU/mL (0.5-5.0 mU/mL) |
Thyroxine (T4), serum | Total – 5-12 μg/dL (64-155 nmol/L)
Free – 0.9-2.4 ng/dL (12-31 pmol/L) Free T4 index: 4-11 |
Triiodothyronine, resin (T3) | 25%-35% |
Triiodothyronine, serum (T3) | 70-195 ng/dL (1.1-3.0 nmol/L) |
Vanillylmandelic acid, urine | Less than 8 mg/24 h (40.4 μmol/24 h) |
Vitamin D 1,25-dihydroxy, serum | 25-65 pg/mL (60-156 pmol/L) |
25-hydroxy, serum | 15-80 ng/mL (37-200 nmol/L) |