Female Health: Normal Values of
Hormone Levels
If you do not have access to hormone level testing through your doctor, you can test at home using a
BodyBalance kit.
Hormone |
Follicular Phase |
Day of LH Surge |
Mid-Luteal Phase |
Comments |
| LH |
<7 mIU/ml |
>15 mIU/ml |
n/a |
Ovulation remains possible while LH is
normal. When LH levels rise to about a third of the level of a woman's
postmenopausal FSH level, menopause is consider complete. |
| FSH |
<13 mIU/ml |
>15 mIU/ml |
n/a |
5-20 normal range; too low <5 can
mean pituitary or hypothalmic failure; High 40mIU/ml - 200mIU/ml causes can be post
menopausal, removal of ovaries or ovarian failure. Over 20 may indicate menopause
within 5 years. |
| Estradiol |
Early follicular 30-150
Late follicular 100-500 ng/ml. |
>100 pg/ml |
>60 pg/ml
Late lut: 30-150 ng/ml. |
Perimenopausal: >20, Menopausal:
40-200 ng/ml. |
| Progesterone |
- |
<1.5 ng/ml |
>15 ng/ml |
|
| Hormone |
Comments |
Levels at anytime in the body |
| Prolactin |
-- |
<25 ng/ml |
| TSH |
-- |
0.4-3.8 uIU/ml |
| Free T3 |
-- |
1/4-4.4 pg/ml |
| Free Thyroxine (T4) |
-- |
0.8-2.0 ng/dl |
| Total Testosterone |
often times in their 30-40s
women are low in testosterone - often <10-20 ng/ml. |
6.0-86 ng/dl other sources
say 20-85 ng/ml. |
| Free Testosterone |
-- |
0.7-3.6 pg/ml |
| DHEAs |
-- |
35-430 ug/dl |
| Androstenedione |
-- |
0.7-3.1 ng/ml |
|
Laboratory results may vary as far
as "normal" ranges. These levels are from Listening to Your Hormones by
Gillian Ford and A Couple's Guide to Fertility by Goldstein and Fuerst. |
