FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE;
WHOLE BLOOD, SERUM AND PLASMA CHEMISTRY::T-Z



Table of Conents

 

TYPICAL REFERENCE INTERVALS

Testosterone

Serum or Plasma

Male

Female

 

300-1200 ng/dL

30-95 ng/dL

 

0.03467

 

10.4-41.6nmol/L

1.0-3.3 nmol/L

Thiocyanate

Serum

Negative

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Negative

Thyroid hormone tests

Thyroxine, total (T4)

Thyroxine, free (FT4)

T3 resin uptake

Thyroxine binding globulin (TBG)

Thyrotropin (TSH)

Triiodothyronine (T3)

Serum

 

 

Serum

Serum

 

5.5-12.5 Fg/dL

0.9-2.3 ng/dL

25-38 relative % uptake

10-26 Fg/dL

0.5-5 FIU/mL

80-200 mg/dL

 

12.87

12.87

0.01

10

 

0.0154

 

17-161 nmol/L

12-30 pmol/L

Relative uptake fraction: 0.25-0.38

100-260 mg/L

0.5-5 mIU/mL

1.23-3 of nmol/L

Transferasis

Aspartate amino transferase (AST or SGOT)

Alanine amino transferase(ALT or SGPT)

Gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT)

 

Serum

 

Serum

 

 

 

 

8-33 U/L at 37EC

 

4-36 U/L at 37EC

 

5-40 IU/L 37EC

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

8-33 U/L at 37EC

 

4-36 U/L at 37EC

 

5-40 IU/L 37EC

Triglycerides

Serum

10-190 mg/dL

0.01129**

0.11-2.15 mmol/L

Troponin I

Serum

0-0.6 mg/ml

 

 

0-0.6 mg/L

Troponin T

Serum

0-0.1 Fmg/L

 

 

0-0.1 mg/L

Urea nitrogen

Serum

8-23 mg/dL

0.357

2.9-8.2 mmol/L

Urea clearance

Maximum clearance

Standard clearance

Serum and Urine

 

64-99 mL/min

41-65 mL/min, or more than 75% of normal clearance

 

0.01667

 

1.07-1.65 L/s

0.68-1.08 L/s or more than 0.75 of normal clearance

Uric acid

Serum

Male

Female

 

4.0-8.5 mg/dL

2.7-7.3 mg/dL

 

0.05948

 

0.24-0.51 mmol/L

0.16-0.43 mmol/L

Vitamin A

Serum

15-60 Fg/dL

0.03491

0.52-2.09mmol/L

Vitamin A tolerance

Serum

Fasting 3h or 6h after 5000 units Vitamin A/kg

24h

 

15-60 Fg/dL

200-600 Fg/dL

Fasting values or slightly above

 

0.03491

 

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0.52-2.09mmol/L

6.98-20.95 mmol/L

Fasting values or slightly above

Vitamin B12

Serum

160-950 pg/ml

0.7378

118-701 pmol/L

Unsaturated vitamin B12 -binding capacity

Serum

1000-2000 pg/ml

0.7378

738-1475 pmol/L

Vitamin C

Plasma

0.6-1.6 mg/dL

56.78

34-91 mmol/L

Xylose absorption

Serum

Normal

In malabsorbtion

 

25-40 mg/dL between 1 and 2h

Maximum approximately 10 mg/dL

Dose: adult 25 g D-xylose

Children 0.5 g D-xylose/kg

 

0.06661

 

1.67-2.66 mmol/L between 1 and 2 h

Maximum approximately 0.67 mmol/L

Zinc

Serum

50-150 Fg/dL

0.1530

7.7-23.0 mmol/L