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HelpTest Code SEXHBG Sex Hormone Binding Globulin, LAB2710
Performing Laboratory
St. Luke's Hospital Laboratory
Specimen Requirements
Preferred Container/Tube: Green top (Lithium Heparin)
Acceptable: Gold top-SST, or Red Top
Specimen Volume: 0.3 mL
Stability and Storage:
- Room temperature: 5 days
- Refrigeration (2°- 8°C): 7 days
- Frozen (≤ -20°C): 12 months. Freeze samples only once and mix thoroughly after thawing.
Transport: Refrigerated
Reference Values
|
|
Male nmol/L |
Female nmol/L |
|
20 - 49 years |
16.5 - 55.9 |
|
|
21 - 49 years |
24.6 - 122.0 |
|
|
≥50 years |
19.3 - 76.4 |
17.3 - 125 |
|
Tanner Stage I |
17.0 - 135.0 |
16.0 - 182.0 |
|
Tanner Stage II |
21.0 - 114.0 |
24.0 - 121.0 |
|
Tanner Stage III |
12.0 - 138.0 |
18.0 - 87.0 |
|
Tanner Stage IV |
7.7 - 67.0 |
7.7 - 108.0 |
|
Tanner V |
3.9 - 40.0 |
10.0 - 79.0 |
Day(s) Test Set Up
Monday-Sunday
Useful For
- Diagnosis and follow-up of women with signs or symptoms of androgen excess (e.g, polycystic ovarian syndrome and idiopathic hirsutism)
- An adjunct in monitoring sex-steroid and antiandrogen therapy
- An adjunct in the diagnosis of disorders of puberty
- An adjunct in the diagnosis and follow-up of anorexia nervosa
- An adjunct in the diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis (tissue marker of thyroid hormone excess)
- A possible adjunct in diagnosis and follow-up of insulin resistance and cardiovascular and type 2 diabetes risk assessment, particularly in women
Methodology
Electrochemiluminescence Assay
Test Classification and CPT Coding
84270
Report Available
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