Values vary according to individual labs. All values below are for adults.
Full Blood Count
Haemoglobin
Male: 130-180 g/L (13.0-18.0 g/dl)
Female: 115-160 g/L (11.5-16.0 g/dl)
Mean cell volume (MCV)
80-100 fL
Mean cell haemoglobin concentration (MCHC)
30-36 g/dL
Packed red cell volume (PCV) or haematocrit
Male: 0.4-0.54 L/L
Female:0.37-0.47 L/L
Red cell count
Male: 4.5–6.5 x 10¹²/L
Female: 3.9–5.6 x 10¹²/L
Platelets
150-400 x 10⁹/L
Total white cell count (WCC)
4-11 x 10⁹/L
(WCC) Neutrophils
40-75% (2-7.5 x 10⁹/L)
(WCC) Lymphocytes
20-45% (1.3-3.5 x 10⁹/L)
(WCC) Eosinophils
1-6% (0.04-0.44 x 10⁹/L)
(WCC) Basophils
0-1% (0.0-0.10 x 10⁹/L)
Urea and electrolytes
Sodium
135-145 mmol/L
Potassium
3.5-5.0 mmol/L
Urea
2.0-7 mmol/L
Creatinine
70-150 μmol/L
Bicarbonate
22-26 mmol/L
Chloride
95-105 mmol/L
eGFR
>90 mL/min
Liver function tests
Bilirubin
3-17 μmol/L
Alanine transferase (ALT)
5-35 U/L
Aspartate transaminase (AST)
5-35 U/L
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
30-150 U/L
Gamma glutamyl transferase (yGT)
8-60 u/L
Albumin
35-50 g/L
Total protein
60-80 g/L
Other haematology
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
< age/2 mm/hour
Prothrombin time (PT)
10-14 secs
Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)
35-45 secs
Bleeding time
3-9 minutes
Fibrinogen
2.0-4.0 g/L
Ferritin
20-300 ng/ml
Vitamin B12
160-800ng/L
Folate
>2.7 ng/ml mcg/L
Vitamin D
60-105 nmol/L
Reticulocytes
0.8–2.0% (25-100 x 10⁹/L)
D-Dimer
< 500 ng/mL
International normalized ratio (INR)
0.8-1.2
Other biochemistry and hormones
Calcium (Total)
2.1-2.6 mmol/L
Phosphate
0.8-1.4 mmol/L
Magnesium
0.75-1.05 mmol/L
CRP
< 10 mg/L
Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
0.5-5.7 mU/L
Free thyroxine (T4)
9-18 pmol/L
Total thyroxine (T4)
70-140 nmol/L
Free triiodothyronine (T3)
3.5-6.5 pmol/L
Total triiodothyronine (T3)
0.9-2.8 nmol/L
Thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG)
7-17 mg/L
Serum iron
Male: 14-33 μmol/L
Female: 11-28 μmol/L
Serum transferrin
1.7-3.4 g/L
Transferrin saturation index
16-55%
Total iron-binding capacity
54-75 μmol/L
Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
< 0.8-8.5 pmol/L
Amylase
0-140 U/L
Lipase
13-60 IU/L
Uric acid (Urate)
Male: 210-480 μmol/L (3.5-8 mg/dL)
Female: 150-390 μmol/L (2.5-6.5 mg/dL)
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
0-4 ng/mL
17 hydroxyprogesterone (female)
0.2-1 mg/L
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
4.5-20 pmol/L
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
Male: 1-10 U/L
Female:
Luteal: 2-8 IU/L
Ovulation: 5-25 IU/L
Postmenopause: >25 IU/L
Luteinizing Hormone (LH)
Male:
Prepubertal: 0.15 IU/L
Adult: 0.5-9 IU/L
Female:
Luteal: 3-16 IU/L
Ovulation: 16-84 IU/L
Postmenopause: 17-75 IU/L
Oestradiol
Male: 50-200 pmol/L
Female:
<130 pmol/L (postmenopause)
Growth hormone
< 20 mu/L
Progesterone
Female (ovulation):
70-280 ng/dL
Prolactin
Female:
<440 mU/L
(<25 ng/mL)
Male:
<350 mU/L
(<20 ng/mL)
Testosterone
Male:
10-25 nmol/L
Glucose (fasting)
3.5-5.5 mmol/L
HbA1c
<48 mmol/mol, <6.5%
Cortisol (Blood)
Morning:
450-700 nmol/L
Midnight:
80-280 nmol/L
Lactate
Venous:
0.6-2.4 mmol/L
Arterial:
0.6-1.8 mmol/L
Arterial blood gases
pH
7.35-7.45
pCO2
4.7-6.0 kPa (35-45 mmHg)
pO2
10-14 kPa (75-100 mmHg)
Base excess
± 2 mmol/L
Lipids
Total cholesterol
< 5 mmol/L
Triglycerides
0.55-1.90 mmol/L
HDL cholesterol
0.9-1.93 mmol/L
LDL cholesterol
< 2 mmol/L
Cardiac enzymes
Troponin T
<12 ng/L
Creatine kinase
Male:
25-195 U/L
Female:
5-170 U/L
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
70-250 U/L
Urine reference intervals
Cortisol (free)
< 280 nmol/24h
Reference:
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine 10th Edition page 752
Oxford Handbook of Haematology 3rd Edition page 808
Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes 3rd Edition page 879
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