CANADIAN LABORATORIES CLINICAL LABORATORY TESTS – REFERENCE VALUES
This table lists reference ranges (expressed in both SI units and traditional units) for the most common laboratory tests. Many important laboratory
reference values are not listed here, because of the less frequent use of these tests.
Tests SI Units Traditional Units
Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) 25-40 sec 25-40 sec
Albumin (serum) 35-50 g/L 3.5-5.0 g/dL
Amylase (serum) 25-125 IU/L 25-125 U/L
Bicarbonate (HCO3) (serum) 22-26 mmol/L 22-26 mEq/L
Bilirubin (serum) Adults (conjugated) 0-5 μmol/L 0-0.3 mg/dL
(total) 3-22 μmol/L 0.2-1.3 mg/dL
Bleeding time (Ivy) < 5 min < 5 min
Calcium (serum)**
Total 2.10-2.50 mmol/L 8.4-10.6 mg/dL
Ionized 1.15-1.35 mmol/L 4.6-5.1 mg/dL
Chloride (serum) 96-106 mmol/L 96-106 mEq/L
Chloride Adults 110-250 mmol/d 110-250 mEq/24h
Creatinine (serum) 50-110 μmol/L 0.6-1.2 mg/dL
Creatine kinase (CK, CPK) - Males (race dependent) 20-215 IU/L 20-215 U/L
Females (race dependent) 20-160 IU/L 20-160 U/L
Erythrocytes (RBCs) Males 4.6-6.2 x 1012/L 4.6-6.2 million/mm3
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Females 4.2-5.4 x 10 /L 4.2-5.4 million/mm3
Glucose (fasting) (plasma or serum) 3.9-6.1 mmol/L 70-110 mg/dL
Hematocrit Males 0.40-0.54 40-54%
Females 0.37-0.47 37-47%
Hemoglobin (Hb) Males 140-180 g/L 14.0-18.0 g/dL
Females 120-160 g/L 12.0-16.0 g/dL
INR 0.9-1.1 0.9-1.1
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) (serum) - Adult 45-90 IU/L 45-90 U/L
> 60 years old 55-100 IU/L 55-100 U/L
Leukocytes - Total 3.5-12.0 x 109/L 3500-12,000/mm3
Magnesium (serum) 0.65-1.05 mmol/L 1.3-2.1 mg/dL
Magnesium (urine) 3.0-4.3 mmol/d 6.0-8.5 mEq/24h
Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) 76-100 fL 76-100 µm3
Osmolality (serum) 285-295 mmol/kg 285-295 mOsm/kg
Osmolality (urine) 38-1400 mmol/kg 38-1400 mOsm/kg
Oxygen (arterial saturation) 94-99% 94-99%
Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) See aPTT See aPTT
pCO2 (arterial) 35-45 mm Hg 35-45 mm Hg
pH (arterial) 7.35-7.45 7.35-7.45
Phosphate - Adults 1.0-1.5 mmol/L 3.0-4.5 mg/dL
Platelet count 150-400 x 109/L 150,000-400,000/mm3
pO2 (arterial) 80-100 mm Hg 80-100 mm Hg
Potassium (serum) Adult 3.5-5.1 mmol/L 3.5-5.1 mEq/L
Potassium (urine)*** 25-125 mmol/d 25-125 mEq/24h
Prostate specific antigen (PSA) 0-4.0 µg/L 0-4.0 ng/mL
Protein (serum) - Total 60-80 g/L 6.0-8.0 g/dL
Protein (urine) 10-150 mg/d 10-150 mg/24h
Prothrombin time (PT) 9-12 sec 9-12 sec
Reticulocytes 25-75 x 109/L 25,000-75,000/mm3
Sedimentation rate (ESR) 0-15 mm/h 0-15 mm/h
Sodium (urine)*** 40-220 mmol/d 40-220 mEq/24h
Specific gravity 1.003-1.030 1.003-1.030
Thrombin time (plasma) < 17 sec < 17 sec
Transaminase (serum) -- AST (SGOT) 7-40 IU/L 7-40 mU/mL
ALT (SGPT) 5-35 IU/L 5-35 mU/mL
Troponin I 0 and 0.4 ng/mL.
Urea (plasma or serum) 2.9-8.2 mmol/L see Urea nitrogen
Urea nitrogen (BUN) (plasma or serum) see Urea 8-23 mg/dL
Uric acid (serum) (enzymatic) 120-420 μmol/L 2.0-7.0 mg/dL
*Test values are method dependent **Test values vary with age ***Test values are diet dependent TMCE 07- 2017