Tables of Normal Values

(As of January 2013)

Note:
Values and units of measurement listed in these tables are derived from several resources. Substantial
variation exists in the ranges quoted as normal and may vary depending on the assay used by different
laboratories. Therefore, these tables should be considered as directional only. Some values (e.g.
hormones) vary by gender, age, time of day and condition (e.g. pregnancy) so a text on endocrinology
should be consulted for complete data. Where possible, Canadian sources are used, Globalrph.com was
used to provide non SI unit conversions.
CCS = Canadian Cardiovascular Society
CHEP = Canadian Hypertension Education Program
MCC = Medical Council of Canada
Table 1: Vital Signs and Body Mass Index
Parameter
Blood Pressure (Systolic / Diastolic)
CHEP 2012
At physicians office (average 5 measurements)

Normal Values

< 140 / 90 mmHg

Ambulatory BP monitor

< 135 / 85

With diabetes
Heart Rate (HR) or Pulse
Bradycardia

< 130 / 80

Normal

60 80

Tachycardia
Respiration Rate (RR)
Bradypnea

> 100

Normal (eupnea)
Tachypnea

12 18
> 18

Body Temperature
Fever
Normal

> 37.5 C
36.5 37.5 C (approximate)

< 60 beats per minute

< 12 breaths per minute

Hypothermia
Body Mass Index (BMI)

< 35.0 C

Underweight

< 18.5 kg/m2

Normal (Health Canada 2012)

18.5 24.9 Caucasian

Overweight
Obesity class I

25.0 29.9
30.0 34.9

Obesity class II

35.0 39.9

Obesity class III (extreme, morbid)

40.0

Table 2: Common Blood Chemistries

Parameter
Albumin (MCC 2012)
Alanine Aminotransferase

SI Units (Canada) Traditional Units (USA)

35 50 g/L
3.5 5.0 g/dL

(ALT) (MCC 2012)

Alkaline phosphatase
(ALP serum) (MCC 2012)
Ammonia NH

3 36 U/L

3 36 U/L

35 100 U/L
12 41 mol/L

35 100 U/L
20 70 g/dL

< 160 U/L

< 160 U/L

0 35 U/L

0 - 35 U/L

24 30 mmol/L

24 30 mEq/L

< 26mol/L

< 1.5 mg/dL

Bilirubin, conjugated (direct)

Blood Urea Nitrogen
(BUN) (MCC 2012)
Calcium serum (MCC 2012)
Total

< 7 mol/L

< 0.4 mg/dL

2.5 8.0 mmol/L

7 22 mg/dL

2.18 2.58

8.7 10.3 mg/dL

Ionized

1.05 1.3 mmol/L

4.2 5.2 mg/dL

Carbon dioxide pressure, arterial (PaCO2)

Chloride serum (MCC 2012)
Cholesterol, total
Desirable

35 45 mmHg
98 106 mmol/L

35 45 mmHg
98 106 mEq/L

< 5.2 mmol/L

< 200 mg/dL

Borderline high

5.2 6.2

201 240

High
Cholesterol, LDL (CCS 2012)
High risk patients (Framingham risk score)

> 6.2

> 241

< 2.0 mmol/L or >

50% reduction
< 2.0 mmol/L or
50% reduction

< 77.3 mg/dL or > 50%

reduction
< 77.3 mg/dL or 50%
reduction

> 50% reduction

from baseline

> 50% reduction from

baseline

Amylase (serum)
(MCC 2012)
Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) (MCC 2012)
Bicarbonate (HCO3)
(serum) (MCC 2012)
Bilirubin serum (MCC 2012)
Total

Intermediate risk patient if LDL 3.5

Low risk patient if LDL 5.0

Cholesterol, HDL
Low
< 1.00 mmol/L
Creatine Kinase serum (CK also CPK) (MCC 2012)
5 130 U/L

< 40 mg/dL
5 130 U/L

Table 2: Common Blood Chemistries contd

Parameter
Copper
Creatinine, serum
Male
Female
Creatinine Clearance (adult)
Ferritin

SI Units (Canada)
11.0 25.0 mol/L

Traditional Units (USA)

70 155 g/dL

70
50
75
22

0.8 1.4 mg/dL

0.56 1.0
75 125 mL/min
10 250 ng/mL

120 mol/L
90
125 mL/min
561 pmol/L

Folic Acid (Folate) (MCC 2012)

Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT)

7 36 nmol/L

3 16 ng/mL

Female

5 36 U/L

5 36 U/L

Male
Glucose, fasting

8 61 U/L

8 61 U/L

Normal
Glucose, postprandial

3.3 5.8 mmol/L

59 105 mg/dL

Normal
Glycosylated Hemoglobin HbA1C

< 6.5 mmol/L

< 120 mg/dL

Normal (MCC 2012)

4 - 6%

4 6%

-Hydroxybutyrate
Iron (MCC 2012)

< 270 mol/L

11 32 mol/L

< 2.8 mg/dL

60 178 g/dL

Iron-Binding Capacity, total TIBC

Lactic Acid (Lactate plasma venous)
Lactate Dehydrogenase serum (LDH) (MCC
2012)
Magnesium serum
Osmolality Serum (MCC 2012)

45 82 mol/L
0.9 1.8 mmol/L
95 195 U/L

251 460 g/dL

9 16 mg/dL
95 195 IU/L

0.75 0.95 mmol/L

280 300 mmol/kg

1.82 2.31 mg/dL

280 300 mOsm/kg

Oxygen partial pressure, arterial PaO2

(MCC 2012)
pH arterial
Phosphorus, inorganic (MCC 2012)

85 105 mm Hg

85 105 mm Hg

7.35 7.45 pH
0.80 1.50 mmol/L

7.35 7.45 pH
2.5 4.5 mg/dL

Table 2: Common Blood Chemistries contd

Parameter
Potassium
Protein, total

SI Units (Canada)
3.5 5.0 mmol/L

Traditional Units (USA)

3.5 5.0 mEq/L

Plasma

60 80 g/L

6.0 8.0 g/dL

Urine
< 0.15 g/day
PSA Prostate Specific Antigen serum (MCC 2012)

< 150 mg/24 hr

40 years or older
Pyruvate (Pyruvic Acid)

0 4 g/L
31 102 mol/L

0 4 g/L
0.30 0.90 mg/dL

Sodium serum
Transferrin serum

135 145 mmol/L

1.88 3.41 g/L

135 145 mEq/L

188 341 mg/dL

Transferrin saturation
Triglyceride (MCC 2012)
Troponin T

0.2 0.5
< 2.20 mmol/L
< 0.01 g/L

20 50%
< 195 mg/dL
< 0.01 g/L

Uric Acid (MCC 2012)

180 420 mol/L

3.0 7.0 mg/dL

Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN)

2.5 8.0 mmol/L

7 22.4 mg/dL

Vitamin B12
(Cyanocobalamin)
Zinc

74-516 pmol/L

100-700 pg/mL

9.2 19.9 mol/L

60 130 g/dL

Table 3: Hematological Parameters

Parameter
Red Blood Cells
Erythrocytes (RBC) (MCC 2012)

SI Units (Canada)

Traditional Units (USA)

Female

4.0 5.2 X 1012/L

4.0 5.2 X 106/mm3

Male
Reticulocyte Count (MCC 2012)
Hematocrit (MCC 2012)
Female
Male
Hemoglobin
Female
Male
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
(ESR Westergren) (MCC 2012)
Female
Male
White Blood Cells (WBC)

4.4 5.7 X 1012/L

20-84 X 109 / L

4.4 5.7 X 106/mm3

0.370 0.460
0.420 0.520

37 46%
42 52%

123 157 g/L

140 174 g/L

12.3 15.7 g/dL

14.0 17.4 g/dL

< 10 mm/h
< 6 mm/h

< 10 mm/h
< 6 mm/h

White Blood Cell Count

WBC Differential (MCC 2012)
Segmented Neutrophils
Lymphocytes
Monocytes
Band neutrophils
Eosinophils
Basophils
Coagulation
Bleeding Time (Ivy) (MCC 2012)
Clotting Time
Fibrinogen
International Normalized Ratio (INR)
(MCC 2012)
Plasminogen
Platelet Count (Thrombocytes)
(MCC 2012)
Prothrombin Time (PT) (MCC
2012)
Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)
(MCC 2012)
Thrombin Time

4.0 10.0 X 109/L

4.0 10.0 X 103/mm3

2 7 X 109/L
1.5 3.4 X 109/L
0.14 0.86 X 109/L
< 0.7 X 109/L
< 0.45 X 109/L
< 0.10 X 109/L

45 75%
16 46%
4 11%
0 5%
0 8%
0 3%

< 9 min
5 15 min
5.1 11.8 mol/L

< 9 min
5 15 min
175 400 mg/dL

0.9 1.2
75 140 %

0.9 1.2
75 140 %

0.5 2.5%

130 400 X 10 /L

130 400 X 10 /mm

10 13 sec

10 13 sec

28 38 sec

28 38 sec

14 16 sec

14 16 sec

Table 4: Hormones

Parameter
SI Units (Canada)
Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)
1,3 16,7 pmol/L
Aldosterone (Normal Sodium
0.52 0.94 nmol/L
Diet Adult)
Calcitonin
Female
< 6.4 ng/L
Male
< 13.8
Cortisol serum
Time : am
110 607 nmol/L
Time : pm
83- 469 nmol/L
Estrogens (as Estradiol)
Female (premenopausal)
185 1625 pmol/L
Male
< 200
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
Female (premenopausal)
2 12 IU/L
Male
1 12
Glucagon
50 200 ng/L
Growth Hormone
< 8 g/L
Insulin
36 179 pmol/L
Luteinizing Hormone (LH)
Female (premenopausal)
0.0 76 IU/L
Male
1.5 9.3
Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)
1.2 5.8 pmol/L
Progesterone
Female (mid-luteal phase)
14.3 64 nmol/L
Male
0.95 3.18 nmol/L
Prolactin
< 1.29 nmol/L
Renin Activity
Normal Sodium Diet
0.5 4.0 ng/mL/hr
Thyroxine (T4 free serum)
8.5 15.2 pmol/L
Triiodothyronine (T3 free serum) 3.5 6.5 pmol/L
(MCC 2012 for SI units)
Testosterone
Female
< 2.1 nmol/L
Male
6.7 28.9
Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone
0.4 5.0 U/mL
(TSH) (MCC 2012)
Vitamin D3 - Cholecalciferol
60 105 nmol/L
25-Hydroxy-Cholecalciferol
25 137 nmol/L
1,25-Dihydroxy-Cholecalciferol
58 156 pmol/L

Traditional Units (USA)

6,0 76,0 pg/mL
19 34 ng/dL
< 6.4 pg/mL
< 13.8
5 25 g/dL
3.1 16.7 g/dL
50 450 pg/mL
< 55
2 12 IU/L
1 12
50 200 pg/mL
< 8 ng/mL
5 25 U/L
0.0 76 IU/L
1.5 9.3
11 54 pg/mL
4.5 25.2 ng/mL
0.3 1.0 ng/mL
< 30 ng/mL
0.5 4.0 ng/mL/hr
0.66 1.18 ng/dL
227 422 ng/dL

< 62 ng/dL
300 1000
0.4 5.0 U/mL
24 40 ng/mL
10 55 ng/mL
24 65 pg/mL