Reference Values

1-7 days: ≤0.7 mcg/mL

8-14 days: 0.5-1.4 mcg/mL

15 days-11 months: unavailable

1 year: 0.7-3.6 mcg/mL

2 years: 0.8-3.9 mcg/mL

3 years: 0.9-4.3 mcg/mL

4 years: 1.0-4.7 mcg/mL

5 years: 1.1-5.2 mcg/mL

6 years: 1.3-5.6 mcg/mL

7 years: 1.4-6.1 mcg/mL

8 years: 1.6-6.5 mcg/mL

9 years: 1.8-7.1 mcg/mL

10 years: 2.1-7.7 mcg/mL

11 years: 2.4-8.4 mcg/mL

12 years: 2.7-8.9 mcg/mL

13 years: 3.1-9.5 mcg/mL

14 years: 3.3-10 mcg/mL

15 years: 3.5-10 mcg/mL

16 years: 3.4-9.5 mcg/mL

17 years: 3.2-8.7 mcg/mL

18 years: 3.1-7.9 mcg/mL

19 years: 2.9-7.3 mcg/mL

20 years: 2.9-7.2 mcg/mL

21-25 years: 3.4-7.8 mcg/mL

26-30 years: 3.5-7.6 mcg/mL

31-35 years: 3.5-7.0 mcg/mL

36-40 years: 3.4-6.7 mcg/mL

41-45 years: 3.3-6.6 mcg/mL

46-50 years: 3.3-6.7 mcg/mL

51-55 years: 3.4-6.8 mcg/mL

56-60 years: 3.4-6.9 mcg/mL

61-65 years: 3.2-6.6 mcg/mL

66-70 years: 3.0-6.2 mcg/mL

71-75 years: 2.8-5.7 mcg/mL

76-80 years: 2.5-5.1 mcg/mL

81-85 years: 2.2-4.5 mcg/mL

Tanner Stages:

Males

Stage I: 1.4-5.2 mcg/mL

Stage II: 2.3-6.3 mcg/mL

Stage III: 3.1-8.9 mcg/mL

Stage IV: 3.7-8.7 mcg/mL

Stage V: 2.6-8.6 mcg/mL

Females

Stage I: 1.2-6.4 mcg/mL

Stage II: 2.8-6.9 mcg/mL

Stage III: 3.9-9.4 mcg/mL

Stage IV: 3.3-8.1 mcg/mL

Stage V: 2.7-9.1 mcg/mL

Note: Puberty onset, ie, the transition from Tanner stage I (prepubertal) to Tanner stage II (early pubertal), occurs for girls at a median age of 10.5 (±2) years and for boys at a median age of 11.5 (±2) years. There is evidence that it may occur up to 1 year earlier in girls who are obese and in African American girls. By contrast, for boys there is no definite proven relationship between puberty onset and body weight or ethnic origin. Progression through Tanner stages is variable. Tanner stage V (young adult) should be reached by age 18.