40510:SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN

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40510:SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN
Alias Names:	SHBG
Methodology:	Chemiluminescence (CL)
Edit Date:	4/18/2010
Performed:	Daily
Released:	Same day as tested
CPT Code:	84270
Specimen Collection Details
Collection:	One 7.5 mL serum separator tube (SST). Also acceptable: One 5 mL red top tube. Note: Collect at least 4 mL in tube.
Handling:	Allow to clot, centrifuge and separate serum from cells within 2 hours. Refrigerate. Freeze if specimen cannot be assayed within 7 days. Allow no more than one freeze/thaw cycle.
Stability:	7 days refrigerated at 2-8 degrees C, or 2 months frozen at -20 degrees C.
Standard Volume:	1 mL serum.
Minimum Volume:	0.5 mL serum.
Transport:	Refrigerated, or ifrozen on dry ice.
Comments:	Grossly lipemic specimen may yield falsely elevated values.
Rejection Criteria:	Gross hemolysis; gross lipemia; more than one freeze/thaw cycle.

Reference Range:

AGE

MALE

FEMALE

1-3 years

50-180 nmol/L

60-190 nmol/L

4-6 years

45-175 nmol/L

55-170 nmol/L

7-9 years

28-190 nmol/L

35-170 nmol/L

10-12 years

23-160 nmol/L

17-155 nmol/L

13-15 years

13-140 nmol/L

11-120 nmol/L

16-17 years

10-60 nmol/L

19-145 nmol/L

≥ 18 years

11-80 nmol/L

30-135 nmol/L