Laboratory Reference
concentration (MCHC): 30-35
Ranges in Healthy
Adults
Electrolytes
 Ammonia: 15-50 µmol/L
 Ceruloplasmin: 15-60 mg/dL
 Chloride: 95-105 mmol/L
 Copper: 70-150 µg/dL
 Creatinine: 0.8-1.3 mg/dL
 Blood urea nitrogen: 8-21
mg/dL
 Ferritin: 12-300 ng/mL (men),
12-150 ng/mL (women)
 Glucose: 65-110 mg/dL
 Inorganic phosphorous: 1-1.5
mmol/L
 Ionized calcium: 1.03-1.23
mmol/L
 Magnesium: 1.5-2 mEq/L
 Phosphate: 0.8-1.5 mmol/L
 Potassium: 3.5-5 mmol/L
 Pyruvate: 300-900 µg/dL
 Sodium: 135-145 mmol/L
 Total calcium: 2-2.6 mmol/L
(8.5-10.2 mg/dL)
 Total iron-binding capacity:
45-85 µmol/L
 Total serum iron: 65-180 µg/dL
(men), 30-170 µg/dL (women)
 Transferrin: 200-350 mg/dL
 Urea: 1.2-3 mmol/L
 Uric acid: 0.18-0.48 mmol/L
 Zinc: 70-100 µmol/L
Hematology
 Hemoglobin: 13-17 g/dL
(men), 12-15 g/dL (women)
 Hematocrit 40%-52% (men),
36%-47%
 Glycosylated hemoglobin 4%-
6%
 Mean corpuscular volume
(MCV): 80-100 fL
 Red blood cell distribution
width (RDW): 11.5%-14.5%
 Mean corpuscular hemoglobin
(MCH): 0.4-0.5 fmol/cell
 Mean corpuscular hemoglobin
g/dL
 Reticulocytes 0.5%-1.5%
 White blood cells (WBC) 4-10 x
10^9/L
 Neutrophils: 2-8 x 10^9/L
 Bands: < 1 x 10^9/L
 Lymphocytes: 1-4 x 10^9/L
 Monocytes: 0.2-0.8 x 10^9/L
 Eosinophils: < 0.5 x 10^9/L
 Platelets: 150-400 x 10^9/L
 Prothrombin time: 11-14 sec
 International normalized ratio
(INR): 0.9-1.2
 Activated partial
thromboplastin time (aPTT): 20-
40 sec
 Fibrinogen: 1.8-4 g/L
 Bleeding time: 2-9 min
Lipids
 Triglycerides: 50-150 mg/dL
 Total cholesterol: 3-5.5
mmol/L
 High-density lipoprotein (HDL):
40-80 mg/dL
 Low-density lipoprotein (LDL):
85-125 mg/dL
Acid base
 pH: 7.35-7.45
 Base excess: (-3)-(+3)
 H+: 36-44 nmol/L
 Partial pressure of oxygen
(pO2): 75-100 mm Hg
 Oxygen saturation: 96%-100%
 Partial pressure of carbon
dioxide (pCO2): 35-45 mm Hg
 Bicarbonate (HCO3): 18-22
mmol/L
Gastrointestinal function
 Albumin: 35-50 g/L
 Alkaline phosphatase: 50-100
U/L
 Alanine aminotransferase
(ALT): 5-30 U/L
 Amylase: 30-125 U/L
 Aspartate aminotransferase
(AST): 5-30 U/L
  Direct bilirubin: 0-6 µmol/L Tumor markers
 Gamma glutamyl transferase:
6-50 U/L  Alpha fetoprotein: 0-44 ng/mL
 Lipase: 10-150 U/L  Beta human chorionic
 Total bilirubin: 2-20 µmol/L gonadotropin (HCG): < 5 IU/I
 Total protein: 60-80 g/L  CA19.9: < 40 U/mL
 Carcinoembryonic antigen
Cardiac enzymes (CEA): < 4 ug/L
 Prostatic acid phosphatase
 Creatine kinase: 25-200 U/L (PAP): 0-3 U/dL
 Creatine kinase MB (CKMB): 0-  Prostate-specific antigen
4 ng/mL (PSA): < 4 ug/L
 Troponin: 0-0.4 ng/mL
Miscellaneous
Hormones
 Alpha 1-antitrypsin: 20-50
 17 hydroxyprogesterone µmol/L
(female, follicular): 0.2-1 mg/L  Angiotensin-converting
 Adrenocorticotropic hormone enzyme: 23-57 U/L
(ACTH): 4.5-20 pmol/L  C-reactive protein: < 5 mg/L
 Estradiol: 1.5-5 ng/dL (male),  D-dimer: < 500 ng/mL
2-14 ng/dL (female, follicular),  Erythrocyte sedimentation
2-16 ng/dL (female, luteal), < rate (ESR): Less than age/2
3.5 ng/dL (postmenopausal) mm/hour
 Free T3: 0.2-0.5 ng/dL  Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH):
 Free T4: 10-20 pmol/L 50-150 U/L
 Follicle-stimulating hormone  Lead: < 40 µg/dL
(FSH): 1-10 IU/L (male), 1-10  Rheumatoid factor: < 25 IU/ml
IU/L (female, follicular/luteal), 5-
25 IU/L (female, ovulation), 30-
110 IU/L (postmenopause)
 Growth hormone (fasting) : 0-5
ng/mL
 Progesterone: 70-280
(ovulation), ng/dL
 Prolactin: < 14 ng/mL
 Testosterone (male): 10-25
nmol/L
 Thyroxine-binding globulin:
12-30 mg/L
 Thyroid-stimulating hormone
(TSH): 0.5-5 mIU/L
 Total T4, adult: 4.9-11.7 mg/dL
 Total T3: 0.7-1.5 ng/dL
 Free T3: 1.7-3.7 pg/mL

Vitamins
 Folate (serum) : 7-36 nmol/L
 Vitamin A: 30-65 µg/dL
 Vitamin B12: 130-700 ng/L
 Vitamin C: 0.4-1.5 mg/dL
 Vitamin D: 5-75 ng/mL