| |
TYPICAL REFERENCE INTERVALS |
|
Haptoglobin |
Serum |
60-270 mg/dL |
0.01 |
0.6-2.7 g/L |
|
Hemoglobin |
Serum or Plasma
Qualitative
Quantitative
Whole Blood
Female
Male |
Negative
0.5-5.0 mg/dL
12.0-16.0 g/dL
13.5-18.0 g/dL |
---
10
10
|
Negative
5-50 mg/L
120-160 g/L
135-180 g/L |
|
a -Hydoxybutyrate dehydronase |
Serum |
140-350 U/mL |
1 |
140-350 kU/L |
|
17- Hydroxycorticosteroids |
Plasma
Male
Female
After 24 USP
Units of ACTH
I.M. |
7-19 Fg/dL
9-21 Fg/dL
35-55 Fg/dL |
25.591 |
193-524 nmol/L
248-579 nmol/L
966-1517 nmol/L |
|
Immunoglobulins:
IgG
IgA
IgM
IgD
IgE |
Serum |
800-1801 mg/dL
113-563 mg/dL
54-222 mg/dL
0.5-3.0 mg/dL
0.01-0.04 mg/dL |
0.01
10 |
8.0-18.0 g/L
1.1-5.6 g/L
0.5-2.2 g/L
5.0-30.0 mg/L
0.1-0.4 mg/L |
|
Insulin |
Plasma
Bioassay
Radioumunoassay |
11-240 FIU/mL
4-24 FIU/mL |
7.175++ |
79-1722 pmol/L
29-172 pmol/L |
|
Insulin tolerance (0.1 unit/kg) |
Serum
Fasting
30 min
90 min |
Glucoseof 70-110 mg/dL
Fall to 50% of fasting level
Fasting level |
0.05551
0.01
|
Glucose of 3.9-6.1 mmol/L
Fall to 0.5 of fasting level
Fasting level |
|
Iron, total |
Serum |
60-150 Fg/dL |
0.1719 |
10.7-26.9 mmol/L |
|
Iron-binding capacity |
Serum |
250-400 Fg/dL |
0.1719 |
44.8-71.6 mmol/L |
|
Iron Saturation |
Serum |
20-55% |
0.01 |
Fraction of total iron-biding capacity :
0.20-0.55 |
|
Isocitric dehydrogenase |
Serum |
50-240 units/mL at 25 EC
(Wolfson-Williams Ashman units) |
0.0166 |
0.83-4.18 U/L at 25 EC |
|
Ketone bodies |
Serum |
Nagative |
--- |
Negative |
|
17- Ketosteroids |
Plasma |
25-125 Fg/dL |
34.67 W |
866-4334 nmol/L |
|
Lactic acid (as lactate) |
Whole Blood
Venous
Arterial |
5-20 mg/dL
3-7 mg/dL |
0.1110 |
0.6-2.2 mmo/L
0.3-0.8 mmol/L |
|
Lactate Dehydrogenase (LD) |
Serum |
(lactate 6pyruvate) 80-120 units at 30EC
pyruvate 6lactate)185-640 units at 30EC
lactate 6pyruvate) 100-190 U/L at 37EC |
0.48
1 |
38-62 U/L at 30 EC
90-310 U/L at 30 EC
100-190 U/L at 37 EC |
|
Lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes
LD1 (anode)
LD2
LD3
LD4
LD5 (cathode) |
Serum |
17-27%
27-37%
18-25%
3-8%
0-5% |
0.01 |
Fraction of total LD
0.017-0.27
0.27-0.37
0.18-0.25
0.03 -0.08
0.00-0.05 |
|
Lactate Dehydrogenase (heat stable) |
Serum |
30-60% of total |
0.01 |
Fraction of total LD: 0.30-060 |
|
Lactose tolerance |
Serum |
Serum glucose changes similar to glucose tolerance tests |
--- |
Serum glucose changes similar to glucose tolerance test |
|
Lead |
Whole blood |
<50 Fg/dL |
0.04826 |
<2.41 mmol/L |
|
Leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) |
Serum
Male
Female |
80-200 U/mL (Goldbarg-Rutenberg)
75-185 U/mL (Goldbarg-Rutenberg) |
0.24 |
19.2-48.0 U/L
18.0-44.4 U/L |
|
Lipase |
Serum |
0-1.5 U/mL (Cherry-Crandall)
14-280 mIU/mL |
278
1 |
0-417 U/L
14-280 U/L |
|
Lipids, total
Cholesterol
Triglycerides
Phospholipids
Fatty acids (free)
Phospholipid phosphorus |
Serum |
400-800 mg/dL
150-250 mg/dL
10-90 mg/dL
150-380 mg/dL
9.0-15.0 mmol/L
8.0-11.0 mg/dL |
0.01
0.02586
0.01129**
0.01
1
0.3229 |
4.00-8.00 g/L
3.88-6.47 mmol/L
0.11-2.15 mmol/L
1.50-3.80 g/L
9.0-15.0 mmol/L
2.58-3.55 mmol/L |
|
Lithium
therapeutic interval |
Serum |
Negative
0.5-1.4 mEq/L |
---
1 |
Negative
0.5-1.4 mmol/L |
|
Long-acting thyroid-stimulating hormone (LATS) |
Serum |
None detected |
--- |
None detected
|
|
Luteinizing hormone(LH) |
Serum
Male
Female |
6-30 mIU/mL
Midcycle peak: 3 times baseline value
Premenopausal <30 mIU/mL
Postmenopausal>35 mIU/mL |
1 |
6-30 IU/L
Midcycle peak: 3 times baseline value
Premenopausal <30 IU/L
Postmenopausal>35 IU/L |
|
Macrogobulins, total |
Serum |
70-430 mg/dL |
0.01 |
0.7-4.3 g/L |
|
Methemoglobin |
Whole Blood |
<0.24 g/dL
<1% of total hemoglobin |
10
0.01 |
<2.4 g/L
Fraction of total hemoglobin <0.01 |
|
Mucoprotien |
Serum |
80-200 mg/dL |
0.01 |
0.8-2.0 g/L |
|
Muramidase |
Serum |
4-13 mg/L |
|
4-13 mg/L |
|
Myoglobin |
Serum |
<90 Fg/L |
|
<90 mg/L |
|
Nonprotien nitrogen (NPN) |
Serum or Plasma
Whole Blood |
20-35 mg/dL
25-50 mg/dL |
0.7139 |
14.3-25.0 mmol/L
17.8-35.7 mmol/L |
|
5'- Nucleotidase |
Serum |
0-1.6 units at 37 EC |
1 |
0-1.6 units at 37 EC |