NORMAL SERUM CLINICAL CHEMISTRY VALUES FOR MEASURE OF IRON STATUS

IRON MEASURE NORMAL RANGE

BLOOD

Haemoglobin (Hb)
Female 117 - 153 g/L
Male 134 - 170 g/L
year 1-11 110 - 155 g/L
month 6 - 12 90 - 140 g/L
day 0 - 6 145 - 230 g/L
week 1-4 125 - 210 g/L
week 5 - 8 100 - 180 g/L

Erythrocytes (Er or RBC)
year 2 - 11 3.9 - 5.3 x 10 ¹²/L
Female 3.9 - 5.3 x 10 ¹²/L
Male 4.3 - 5.7 x 10 ¹²/L

Erythrocyte Volume Fraction (EVF, Hct [PCV]) ¹
year 6 - 11 0.35 - 0.45
Female 0.35 - 0.46
Male 0.40 - 0.50

Mean Cell Volume (MCV)
month 6 - 72 70 - 87 fL
year 6 - 11 76 - 95 fL
year 12 - 17 78 - 98 fL
Adults 82 - 98 fL

PLASMA / SERUM

Iron²
Adults 9 - 34 µmol/L
Children lower values

Transferrin (TF)
Adults 2.2 - 3.9 g/L³

Transferrin saturation (TfS) ⁴
Female 18 - 49 y 10 - 50 %
Female over 49 y 15 - 50 %
Male over 18 y 15 - 57 %

Ferritin (Ft)⁵
Female 10 - 167 µg/L
Male 29 - 383 µg/L

Transferrin receptor (sTfR)⁵
0.8 - 1.8 mg/L


¹ Calculated automatically: EVF (Hct PCV) = MCV x Er
² Day variation
³ Children, pregnant and contraception pill users have higher values.
⁴ <15 % probable iron deficiency. Possible haemochromatosis: >50 % in females and >60 % in males

⁵ Values depend on the specific assay used. Possible haemochromatosis: Ft >200µg/L in females and >300 µg/L in males

Data from:
Laboratoriehåndbok for Avdeling for medisinsk biokjemi
(17.4.2012)