Something I don't understand here. I just pulled out my last lab results from Quest Labs. Quest states that the Reference Range for Free Testosterone is 30.0 - 135.0 pg/mL. What am I missing?
MyHealthOnline is currently reporting "standard range" Free T 35-155 pg/mL
My pre-TRT values in 2015 were Free=87.8 pg/mL with Tot T= 298 (240-871)
In 2016 I reported on these pages: 1133 / 325.4 No typo,
F=325.4 pg/mL. Symptom resolution excellent , all chemistry lipids was close to textbook perfect.
At the time I could find no consensus here on what an upper limit free T should be. It wasn't in the Lab Corp information. Coastside replied to my thread, IIRC, "In Canada several leading experts are dismissing the direct tests and advising to go with calculated."
SHBG started at 22 and tapered down to 10 then recently increased to 13.3. I await the T/Free T assay results for that draw which is being done by LC/MS MS.
Other labs I have for TT and FT from 2015 to 2016 are all over the map with not believable ratios. IMO certain men should treat by symptom resolution rather than T FT numbers.
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Standard Range[/TH]
[TH="class: scroll, align: left"]2/10/15[/TH]
[TH="class: scroll, align: left"]5/21/15[/TH]
[TH="class: scroll, align: left"]9/8/15[/TH]
[TH="class: scroll, align: left"]11/13/15[/TH]
[TH="class: scroll, align: left"]12/1/15[/TH]
[TH="class: scroll, align: left"]12/31/15[/TH]
[TH="class: scroll, align: left"]1/19/16[/TH]
[TH="class: scroll, align: left"]6/1/16[/TH]
[TH="class: scroll, align: left"]11/7/16[/TH]
[TH="class: scroll, align: left"]1/17/17[/TH]
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[TD="class: name fixed"]Testosterone Total
240 - 871 ng/dL[/TD]
[TD="class: scroll"]298[/TD]
[TD="class: scroll"]693[/TD]
[TD="class: scroll"]541[/TD]
[TD="class: rsltflag_4 scroll"]116 L[/TD]
[TD="class: scroll"]725[/TD]
[TD="class: scroll"]459[/TD]
[TD="class: scroll"]429[/TD]
[TD="class: scroll"]574[/TD]
[TD="class: rsltflag_5 scroll"]1,133 H[/TD]
[TD="class: rsltflag_5 scroll"]invalid[/TD]
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[TD="class: name fixed"]Testosterone Free
35.0 - 155.0 pg/mL[/TD]
[TD="class: scroll"]87.8[/TD]
[TD="class: scroll"][/TD]
[TD="class: scroll"]113.4[/TD]
[TD="class: scroll"][/TD]
[TD="class: scroll"][/TD]
[TD="class: scroll"]82.9[/TD]
[TD="class: scroll"]17.2[/TD]
[TD="class: scroll"]153.0[/TD]
[TD="class: rsltflag_5 scroll"]325.4 H[/TD]
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