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Normal Hormone and Gonadotropin Levels

Despite their somewhat questionable utility, serum hormone tests are commonly used by many doctors to monitor and adjust HRT regimens. When a patient is given raw numbers from a test, that patient naturally wishes to know what the normal range would be as part of evaluating the test results. Generally lab results will have the normal range printed on them, but often the patient is not given the actual lab results or, commonly, the range given is for the wrong sex (id est, an MtF being given the male testosterone range). This problem leads to lots of trans people asking “My test results say ‘X’ for hormone ‘Y’, how does that compare to normal?”. This set of charts attempts to address that question.

First, some notes of importance. Always, always, always go by the reference range from your lab if you have it. There are a variety of similar tests that can be done and a variety of techniques and technologies used to do them. Each of those can produce a different result, possibly quite different from the numbers given here. Pay attention to units, in some instances different labs use different units for the same test. Also keep in mind that while grams/liter (ng/mL, ect.) are commonly used in the US, some other regions use mols/litre (nmol/L, ect.). Conversion from grams/litres to mols/litres (or vice-versa) is relatively simple, but depends on the molar weight of the substance in question. Molar weights of the hormones mentioned are given in the last chart on this page.

The numbers for these charts have been taken from a number of different sources, mostly reference sheets from labs that do hormone testing. Where possible I’ve tried to include age and phase data for those trying to understand how hormone levels change during development. Use these numbers only for educational purposes or getting a ‘rough ballpark’ figure, if you need anything more than that then get the reference range from the lab that did your bloodwork.

Progestogens

Progesterone

**Progesterone in ng/mL**
Male	Female
< 0.3 – 1.2	Follicular :	0.2 – 1.4
	Luteal :	3.3 – 25.6
	Midluteal :	4.4 – 28.0
	Pregnancy :	11.2 – 422.5
	Postmenopausal :	0.0 – 0.7

Androgens

DHEA

**DeHydroEpiAndrosterone (DHEA), in ng/dL**
Age	Male	Female
0 – 5	26 – 72	19 – 42
6 – 7	29 – 66	73 – 165
8 – 9	53 – 135	74 – 180
10 – 11	183 – 383	234 – 529
12 – 14	240 – 520	224 – 611
20 – 29	208 – 771	162 – 995
30 – 39	146 – 850	112 – 722
40 – 49	107 – 745	110 – 554
50 – 59	131 – 538	69 – 414
60 – 69	82 – 338	60 – 370
> 70	69 – 252	63 – 260

**DeHydroEpiAndrosterone Sulfate (DHEA-S), in μg/dL**
Age	Male	Female
1 – 3	< 30	< 79
4 – 6	< 186	< 38
7 – 8	< 94	< 68
9 – 10	< 75	< 160
11	< 152	< 98
12	< 344	< 177
13	< 242	< 167
14	< 286	32 – 301
15	59 – 310	39 – 288
16	47 – 357	58 – 354
17	102 – 341	97 – 399
18 – 19	108 – 441	145 – 395
19 – 29	280 – 640	65 – 380
30 – 39	120 – 520	45 – 270
40 – 49	95 – 530	32 – 240
50 – 59	70 – 310	26 – 200
60 – 69	42 – 290	13 – 130
> 69	28 – 175	17 – 90

Androstenedione

**Androstenedione, in ng/dL**
Age	Male	Female
1 – 5	5 – 45	5 – 40
6 – 9	5 – 55	5 – 45
10 – 11	10 – 30	25 – 80
12 – 14	20 – 85	15 – 175
15 – 17	35 – 100	55 – 200
> 18	57 – 265	47 – 268

Testosterone

**Total Serum Testosterone, in ng/dL**
Age	Male	Female
1 – 5	0 – 10	0 – 10
6 – 7	0 – 20	0 – 10
8 – 10	0 – 25	0 – 30
11 – 12	0 – 350	0 – 50
13 – 15	15 – 500	0 – 50
> 15	241 – 827	14 – 76

**Bioavailable Testosterone (free and weakly bound), in ng/dL**
	Male	Female
Range :	40 – 250	0.0 – 9.5
Normal Percent Free :	9 – 46%	3 – 18%

DHT

**DiHydroTestosterone (DHT), in pg/mL**
Age	Male	Female
20 – 50	155 – 553	5.5 – 170
> 50	36 – 573	4.0 – 7.1

Estrogens

Total Estrogens

**Total Estrogens in pg/mL**
Male	Female
40 – 115	Day 1 – 10 :	61 – 394
	Day 11 – 20 :	122 – 437
	Day 21 – 30 :	156 – 350
	Postmenopausal :	< 40

17β-Estradiol

**17β-Estradiol (E₂), Standard, in pg/mL**
Male	Female
< 54	Follicular :	19 – 183
	Midcycle :	150 – 528
	Luteal :	55 – 211
	Postmenopausal :	< 31

**17β-Estradiol (E₂), Sensitive, in pg/mL**
Age	Male	Female
0 – 6	0 – 15		0 – 15
7 – 10	0 – 15		0 – 70
11 – 12	0 – 40		10 – 300
13 – 15	0 – 45		10 – 300
> 15	3 – 70	Follicular Phase :	9 – 175
		Luteal Phase :	44 – 196
		Periovulatory :	107 – 281
		Postmenopausal :	< 19

Estrone

**Serum Estrone (E₁), in pg/mL**
Age	Male	Female
0 – 5	18 – 53		19 – 46
6 – 7	17 – 48		17 – 44
8 – 9	20 – 54		31 – 70
10 – 11	21 – 49		28 – 68
12 – 14	17 – 44		57 – 140
> 15	12 – 72	Follicular Phase :	37 – 138
		Midcycle :	60 – 229
		Luteal Phase : 50-114	50 – 114

Gonadotropins

LH

**Luteinizing Hormone (LH) in mIU/ml**
Male	Female
1.7 – 8.6	Follicular :	2.4 – 12.6
	Ovulation :	14.0 – 95.6
	Luteal :	1.0 – 11.4
	Postmenopausal :	7.7 – 58.5

FSH

**Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) in mIU/ml**
Male	Female
1.5 – 12.4	Follicular :	3.5 – 12.5
	Ovulation :	4.7 – 21.5
	Luteal :	1.7 – 7.7
	Postmenopausal :	25.8 – 134.8

Other

Prolactin

**Prolactin in ng/mL**
Male	Female
2.1 – 17.7		2.8 – 29.2
	Pregnant :	9.7 – 208.5
	Postmenopausal :	1.8 – 20.3

SHBG

**Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) in nmol/L**
Male	Female
13 – 71	18 – 114

Molar Weight

**Molar Weight of Hormones in g/mol**
Substance	Molar Weight
Progesterone	314.462
DeHydroEpiAndrosterone (DHEA)	288.424
DeHydroEpiAndrosterone Sulphate (DHEA-S)	368.489
Androstenedione	286.409
Testosterone	288.424
DiHydroTestosterone (DHT)	290.44
17β-Estradiol	272.382
Estrone	270.366

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