List of commonly done medical lab tests with their reference range as set by different reputed institutes.
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 |
Pyruvate |
300-900 µg/dL |
Sodium |
135-145 mmol/L |
Total calcium |
2-2.6 mmol/L |
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 |
Hemoglobin |
13-17 g/dL (men), 12-15 g/dL (women) |
Hematocrit |
40%-52% (men), 36%-47% |
Glycosylated hemoglobin (HBA1C) |
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 concentration (MCHC) |
30-35 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Gamma glutamyl transferase |
6-50 U/L |
Lipase |
10-150 U/L |
Total bilirubin |
2-20 µmol/L |
Total protein |
60-80 g/L |
Creatine kinase |
25-200 U/L |
Creatine kinase MB (CKMB) |
0-4 ng/mL |
Troponin |
0-0.4 ng/mL |
17 hydroxyprogesterone (female, follicular) |
0.2-1 mg/L |
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) |
4.5-20 pmol/L |
Estradiol |
1.5-5 ng/dL (male), 2-14 ng/dL (female, follicular), 2-16 ng/dL (female, luteal), < 3.5 ng/dL (postmenopausal) |
Free T3 |
0.2-0.5 ng/dL |
Free T4 |
10-20 pmol/L |
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) |
1-10 IU/L (male), 1-10 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 |
4.9-11.7 mg/dL |
Total T3 |
0.7-1.5 ng/dL |
Free T3 |
0.6-1.6 ng/mL |
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 |
Alpha fetoprotein |
0-44 ng/mL |
Beta human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) |
< 5 IU/I |
Alpha 1-antitrypsin |
20-50 µmol/L |
C-reactive protein |
< 5 mg/L |
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) |
50-150 |
Rheumatoid factor |
< 25 IU/ml |
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