Table of reference intervals.

Table of reference intervals
                                              Reference interval
Specimen  Test                               (conventional units)
S         Albumin                                 3.8 - 5.0
B         Base excess                            -3.3 to +2.3
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    Bicarbonate                              21 - 28
S/P       Bilirubin, conjugated                [less than]0.3
S/P       Bilirubin, total                        0.1 - 1.2
S/P       Calcium,total                           9.2 - 11.0
S/P       [CO.sub.2] content venous                24 - 30
P         Chloride                                 95 - 103
S/P       Cholesterol (NCEP recommendation)       140 - 200
P         Cortisol (a.m.)                           5 - 23
S/P       Creatinine                              0.6 - 1.2
          Creatinine clearance                     87 - 139
S/P       Ferritin (men)                           15 - 200
S/P       Ferritin (women)                         12 - 150
P         Fibrinogen                              200 - 400
S/P       Folate                               [greater than]2.3
S/P       Glucose, fasting                         70 - 110
S         Haptoglobin                              60 - 270
B         Hematocrit (men)                       41.5 - 50.4
B         Hematocrit (women)                     35.9 - 44.6
B         Hemoglobin                               12 - 18
S/P       Iron, total                              60 - 150
S/P       Iran binding capacity                   250 - 400
S/P       Lactic acid, venous (lactate)             5 - 20
B         Lead                                  [less than]50
S/P       Lithium, therapeutic                    0.5 - 1.4
S/P       Magnesium                               1.3 - 2.1
B         MCH( RBC index)                        27.5 - 33.2
B         MCHC (RBC index)                       33.4 - 35.5
B         MCV (RBC index)                          80 - 96
S/P       Osmolality                              280 - 295
B         p[CO.sub.2] (arterial)                   35 - 40
B         pH (arterial)                          7.38 - 7.44
S/P       Phosphate (as P)                        2.3 - 4.7
B         P[0.sub.2] (arterial)                    75 - 100
B         Platelet count                          150 - 400
P         Potassium                               3.8 - 5.0
S         Protein, total                          6.0 - 7.8
B         RBC count (men)                         4.5 - 5.9
B         RBC count (women)                       4.5 - 5.1
S/P       Salicylate, therapeutic                  15 - 30
P         Sodium                                  136 - 142
S         Thyroxine, free                         0.9 - 2.3
S/P       Triglyceride (as triolein)               10 - 190
S/P       Urea nitrogen (BJN)                       8 - 23
S/P       Uric acid (urate)                       2.7 - 8.5
S         Vitamin [B.sub.12]                      160 - 950
B         WBC count                               4.4 - 11.0
S         Zinc                                     50 - 150
                                 Conversion factor  Reference interval
Specimen                           (multiply by)        (SI units)
S         g/dL                          10               38 - 50
B         mmol/L                         1             -3.3 to +2.3
P         mmol/L                         1               21 - 28
S/P       mg/dL                         17.1          [less than]5
S/P       mg/dL                         17.1              2 - 21
S/P       mg/dL                          0.25           2.3 - 2.7
S/P       mmol/L                         1               24 - 30
P         mEq/L                          1               95 - 103
S/P       mg/dL                          0.025          3.6 - 5.2
P         [micro]g/dL                   27.6            138 - 635
S/P       mg/dL                         88.4             53 - 106
          mL/min/1.74[M.sup.2]           0.0167         1.4 - 2.3
S/P       ng/mL                          1               15 - 200
S/P       ng/mL                          1               12 - 150
P         mg/dL                          0.01          2.00 - 4.00
S/P       ng/mL                          2.265      [greater than]5.0
S/P       mg/dL                          0.0556         3.9 - 6.1
S         mg/dL                          0.01           0.6 - 2.7
B         %                              0.01         0.415 - 0.504
B         %                              0.01         0.359 - 0.446
B         g/dL                          10              120 - 180
S/P       [micro]g/dL                    0.179         10.7 - 26.9
S/P       [micro]g/dL                    0.179         44.8 - 71.6
S/P       mg/dL                          0.111          0.6 - 2.2
B         [micro]g/dL                    0.048      [less than]2.41
S/P       mEq/L                          1              0.5 - 1.4
S/P       mEq/L                          0.5           0.65 - 1.05
B         pg/cell                        0.0155        27.5 - 33.2
B         %                              0.01          33.4 - 35.5
B         fL                             1               80 - 96
S/P       mosm/kg                        1              280 - 295
B         mm Hg                          0.133          4.7 - 5.3
B                                        0.133         7.38 - 7.44
S/P       mg/dL                          0.323         0.74 - 1.52
B         mm Hg                          0.133           10 - 13.3
B         [10.sup.3]/[mm.sup.3]     [10.sup.6]          150 - 400
P         mEq/L                          1              3.8 - 5.0
S         g/dL                          10               60 - 78
B         [10.sup.6]/[mm.sup.3]     [10.sup.6]          4.5 - 5.9
B         [10.sup.6]/[mm.sup.3]     [10.sup.6]          4.5 - 5.1
S/P       mg/dL                          0.073          1.1 - 2.2
P         mEq/L                          1              136 - 142
S         ng/dL                         13               12 - 30
S/P       mg/dL                          0.0113        0.11 - 2.15
S/P       mg/dL                          0.357          2.9 - 8.2
S/P       mg/dL                          0.05948       0.16 - 0.51
S         pg/mL                          0.74           118 - 701
B         [10.sup.3]/[mm.sup.3]     [10.sup.6]          4.4 - 11.0
S         [micro]g/dL                    0.153          7.7 - 23.0
Specimen
S         g/L
B         mmol/L
P         mmol/L
S/P       [micro]mol/L
S/P       [micro]mol/L
S/P       mmol/L
S/P       mmol/L
P         mmol/L
S/P       mmol/L
P         nmol/L
S/P       [micro]mol/L
          mL/s
S/P       [micro]g/L
S/P       [micro]g/L
P         g/L
S/P       nmol/L
S/P       mmol/L
S         g/L
B         Vol fraction
B         Vol fraction
B         g/L
S/P       [micro]mol/L
S/P       [micro]mol/L
S/P       mmol/L
B         [micro]mol/L
S/P       mmol/L
S/P       mmol/L
B         pg/cell
B         concentration fract
B         fL
S/P       mmol/kg
B         kPa
B
S/P       mmol/L
B         kPa
B         [10.sup.9]/L
P         mmol/L
S         g/L
B         [10.sup.12]/L
B         [10.sup.12]/L
S/P       mmol/L
P         mmol/L
S         pmol/L
S/P       mmol/L
S/P       mmol/L
S/P       mmol/L
S         pmol/L
B         [10.sup.9]/L
S         [micro]mol/L
Specimens: B, whold blood; P, plasma; S, serum. Reference intervals
depend on test method and the demographics of the normal population
used. Source: Henry JD, ed. Clinical Diagnosia and Management by
Laboratory Methods. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa; WB Saunders Co.; 1996.
Revised by Jaime Diaz-Sola, BS, MT(ASCP), San Francisco State
University, San Francisco, CA.