Blood test explanation - Sex Hormones

Sex hormones

Further information: Sex steroid

The diagrams at right take inter-cycle and inter-woman variability into account in displaying reference ranges for estradiol, progesterone, FSH and LH.^[79]

Test	Patient type	Lower limit	Upper limit	Unit
Dihydrotestosterone	adult male	30[80]	85[80]	ng/dL
Testosterone	Male, overall	8,[81] 10[82]	27,[81] 35[82]	nmol/L
		230,[83] 300[84]	780[83] - 1000[84]	ng/dL
	Male < 50 years	10[3]	45[3]	nmol/L
		290[83]	1300[83]	ng/dL
	Male > 50 years	6.2[3]	26[3]	nmol/L
		180[83]	740[83]	ng/dL
	Female	0.7[82]	2.8[82] - 3.0[3]	nmol/L
		20[84]	80[84] - 85[83]	ng/dL
17-Hydroxyprogesterone	male	0.06[15]	3.0[15]	mg/L
		0.18[85]	9.1[85]	µmol/l
	Female (Follicular phase)	0.2[15]	1.0[15]	mg/L
		0.6[85]	3.0[85]	µmol/l
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) -more detailed menstrual cycle ranges in separate diagram	Prepubertal	<1[86]	3[86]	IU/L
	Adult male	1[86]	8[86]
	Adult female (follicular and luteal phase)	1[86]	11[86]
	Adult female (Ovulation)	6[86] 95% PI (standard)	26[86] 95% PI)
		5[87] 90% PI (used in diagram)	15[87] (90% PI)
	Post-menopausal female	30[86]	118[86]
Luteinizing hormone (LH) -more detailed menstrual cycle ranges in separate diagram	Female, peak	20[87] 90% PI (used in diagram)	75[87] (90% PI)	IU/L
	Female, post-menopausal	15[88]	60[88]
Estradiol (an estrogen) -more detailed ranges in estradiol article	Adult male	50[89]	200[89]	pmol/L
		14[90]	55[90]	pg/mL
	Adult female (day 5 of follicular phase, and luteal phase)	70[89]	500[89], 600[89]	pmol/L
		19[90]	140[90], 160[90]	pg/mL
	Adult female - free (not protein bound)	0.5[91]	9[91]	pg/mL
		1.7[91]	33[91]	pmol/L
Post-menopausal female	N/A[89]	< 130[89]	pmol/L
	N/A[90]	< 35[90]	pg/mL
Progesterone -more detailed ranges in Progesterone article	Female in mid-luteal phase (day 21-23)	17,[87] 35[92]	92[92]	nmol/L
		6,[87] 11[93]	29[93]	ng/mL
Androstenedione	Adult male and female	60[88]	270[88]	ng/dL
	Post-menopausal female		< 180[88]
	Prepubertal		< 60[88]
SHBG -more detailed ranges in SHBG article	Adult female	40[94]	120[94]	nmol/L
	Adult male	20[94]	60[94]