Test results – understanding your own results..
I believe having a basic understanding about your own results is important as it helps you understnad things that are good for your body and things that are negative and how to avoid them.
The following is an up-to-date guide of what is considered normal or out of range. These recommnedations may change in time as our understanding of the human body improves and refines.
Normal results for tests
| Test | Blood levels | Saliva or other levels | Ideal | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproductive female | Post menopausal female | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) | Follicular stage (day 1-14): 1-6 U/L
Ovulation (day 14): 6-17 U/L Luteal phase (day 14-28): 1-6 U/L |
20-100 U/L | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luteinising Hormone (LH) | Follicular stage (day 1-14): 1-15 U/L
Ovulation (day 14): 22 – 56 U/L Luteal phase (day 14-28): 1-15 U/L |
15-100 U/L | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prolactin (PRL) | PRL: 3.8 – 23.8 µg/L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oestradiol (E2) | Follicular stage (day 1-14): 1-6 U/L
Ovulation (day 14): 6-17 U/L Luteal phase (day 14-28): 1-6 U/L |
Blood 70-200 pmol/LL
Saliva 4-6 |
2-10 pmol/L
6-18 6-14 |
4-8
6-10 4-8 |
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| Progesterone (P4) | Follicular stage (day 1-14): 1-6 U/L
Ovulation (day 14): 6-17 U/L Luteal phase (day 14-28): 1-6 U/L |
Blood < 6nmol/L
Saliva 1000-1500 |
50-200
50-200 200-1000 |
200
200 1500 |
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| DHEAS | Reproductive female
DHEAs: 0.8 – 10.2 µmol/L |
2.5 – 25 | 15-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Testosterone | Reproductive female
Free testosterone: < 4 pmol/L/L Total testosterone: < 4 nmol/L/L SHBG: 30-90 nmol/L/L |
Menopause 80 | Follicular 15-90
Ovulation 15-90 Luteal 15-90 |
80
80 80 |
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| Cortisol | Blood am: 200 – 650 nmol/L
Blood pm: 80 – 400 nmol/L 8pm reading should be <50% of the morning level Urine levels (24hr) 100-330nmol/day |
5-65 nmol/L
1-12 nmol/L |
25 nmol/L
4 nmol/L |
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| Iron | Adult female
Ferritin : 15 – 200 Iron: 10-30 µmol/L Iron binding capacity: 45 – 80µmol/L Transferrin saturation: 0.15 – 0.45 (15-45%) Transferrin: 1.7 – 3.0 g/L |
20 µmol/L | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| TSH | 0.4 – 5.0 mlU/L | <2.5 mlU/L | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| T3 | Free T3: 4.0 – 8.0 pmol/L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| T4 | Free T4 : 10-25 pmol/L | 15-20pmol/L | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Glucose Tolerance Test GTT |
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