|
Test |
Normal Value |
Clinical Significance |
| Cacinoembrionic antigen (CEA) |
<3 ng /ml |
Increase in carcinoma of colon
,recrom ,breast, ovary ,liver and pancreas,inflammatoy bowel
disease,cirrhosis ,chronic cigarette smoking |
| Carotene beta |
40 - 200 mg/dl |
Increases in myxedema ,diabetes
mellitus,excessive dietary intake
Decrease in fat mal absorbtion ,liver disease ,poor dietary
intake |
| Chloride ion (Cl-) |
95 - 103 mEq / Lit |
Increase in dehydration
,Cushing's syndrome ,anemia
Decrease in severe vomiting ,severe burns ,diabetic
acidosis ,fever |
| Cholesterol Total |
<200 mg/dl |
Increase in diabetes mellitus
,cardio vascular disease , nephrosis , hypothyroidism
Decrease in liver disease ,hyperthyroidism , fat mal absorption
,pernicious anemia ,severe infections ,terminal stages of
cancer
|
| HDL Cholesterol |
>40 mg/dl |
|
| LDL Cholesterol |
<130 mg/dl |
|
| Cortisol(Hydro cortisone) |
8AM - 10 AM
5 - 23 microgram/dl
4PM - 6PM
3 -13 microgram/dl |
Increase in hyperthyroidism ,
obesity , stress ,Cushing's syndrome Decrease in
hypothyroidism ,liver disease ,Addison's disease |
| Creatine |
Male
0.1 - 0.4 mg/dlFemale
0.2 - 0.7 mg/dl |
Increase in muscular dystrophy
, damage to muscle tissue ,nephritis and pregnancy |
Creatine kinase (CK)
or
Creatine phospho kinase (CPK) |
Male
55 - 170 U/LitFemale
30 - 135 U/Lit |
Increase in myocardial
infarction , progressive muscular dystrophy , myxedema ,
convulsions , hypothyroidism pulmonary edema |
| Creatinine |
0.5 - 1.2 mg/dl |
Increase in impaired renal
function , gigantism ,acromaegaly Decrease in muscular
dystrophy
|
| Fetal hemoglobin |
Newborns
60 - 90 %Before age 2
0 - 4 %
Adults
0 - 2 % |
Increase in thalassemia ,sickle
cell anemia , leakage of fetal blood into maternal blood
stream |
| Gamma - glutamyl transferase (GGT) |
5 - 40 IU/Litr |
Increase in obstruction of bile
duct ,cirrhosis of liver , metastatic cancer of liver
,congestive heart failure , alcoholism , coli lithiasis |
| Glucose |
Fasting
70 - 110 mg /dl
Random
80 - 120 mg/dl
|
Increase in diabetes mellitus
,acute stress , hyperthyroidism , chronic liver disease
,nephritis
Decrease in Addison's disease ,hypothyroidism ,cancer of
pancreas |
| Immunoglobulin IgG |
800 - 1801 mg/dl |
Increase in infections of all
type, liver disease , severe malnutrition |
| Immunoglobulin IgA |
113 - 563 mg/dl |
Increase in liver cirrhosis ,
chronic infections , auto-immune disorders Decrease in
immunologic deficiency states
|
| Immunoglobulin IgM
|
54 - 222 mg/dl |
Increase in trypanosomiasis
Decrease in lymphoid aplasia |
| Immunoglobulin IgD |
0.5 - 3 mg/dl |
Increase in chronic infections
, myelomas |
| Immunoglobulin IgE |
0.01 - 0.4 mg/dl |
Increase in hay fever ,asthma ,
anaphylactic shock |
