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Four of five are inside the lab range. One is worth a conversation with your GP.
Ranges shown for female, age 34.
The protein that binds testosterone and oestrogen in the blood and decides how much is left free. It moves with thyroid hormone, insulin and the contraceptive pill.
No agreed tighter range
Outside the lab reference range. Worth a conversation with your GP.
Next:Take this result to your GP.
Your SHBG is low, and SHBG is what grips testosterone as it travels. Your total testosterone and your free androgen index both move with it, so they are read together rather than one at a time.
Source: BSSM 2023, with the 2019 international consensus on testosterone in women
Lab range 1.5 to 10 IU/LNo agreed tighter range
There is no agreed research range for FSH beyond the laboratory's. It changes across the menstrual cycle, and NICE NG23 says not to use it to identify the menopause from age 45.
Inside the lab reference range.
Lab range 2 to 10 IU/LNo agreed tighter range
There is no agreed research range for LH beyond the laboratory's. It swings sharply across the menstrual cycle, so a single reading depends heavily on the day it was taken.
Inside the lab reference range.
Lab range under 2 nmol/LNo agreed tighter range
There is no agreed research range for testosterone in women. Eleven international societies state that serum testosterone must not be used on its own in women and that no cut-off separates one group from another. Your laboratory's range is the one to read this against.
Inside the lab reference range.
Lab range 1 to 6 ratioNo agreed tighter range
There is no agreed research range for the free androgen index. It becomes unreliable once SHBG falls below 30 nmol/L, and combined hormonal contraception moves it mechanically by raising SHBG.
Inside the lab reference range.
Next:For the markers above: nothing needs doing today. Your retest in twelve weeks shows whether they move.
This is your lab result and general information about each marker. It is not a diagnosis and it is not medical advice. One blood test is a snapshot of one day. If a result worries you, or you have symptoms, speak to your GP.
Reference ranges in this example come from static demonstration data and published UK reference intervals. Your own laboratory’s ranges may differ. This sample cannot interpret a result from another test.
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