Insulin

An insulin in blood test measures the amount of insulin in a sample of your blood. Insulin is a hormone that your pancreas makes. It helps move blood glucose (blood sugar) from your bloodstream into your cells where it's used for energy. Glucose comes from many foods you eat. It's your body's main source of energy.

Source: MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine

Normal range

4 published ranges, each from a named source

325 uIU/mL drawn: all ages · ARUP Laboratories Test Directory

Normal: 2.6–25 uIU/mL (varies by lab)ARUP 3–25 · LabCorp 2.6–24.9 uIU/mL
Normal: 2.6–24.9 mcIU/mL

These labs do not agree: the published adult ranges differ by up to 15%, so the same result can read as normal at one lab and be flagged at another — ARUP 3–25 · LabCorp 2.6–24.9 uIU/mL. Both are real published values, shown as each lab states them.

Ranges from ARUP Laboratories Test Directory, LabCorp Test Directory, Mayo Clinic Laboratories (Test Catalog).

All source ranges (4)

Source	Sex	Age	Range
American Board of Internal Medicine (Laboratory Test Reference Ranges)	All	all ages	<20 uU/mL
ARUP Laboratories Test Directory	All	all ages	3–25 uIU/mL
LabCorp Test Directory	All	all ages	2.6–24.9 uIU/mL
Mayo Clinic Laboratories (Test Catalog)	All	all ages	2.6–24.9 mcIU/mL

What an abnormal result can be associated with

A high result: Hyperinsulinemia
A low result: Hypoinsulinemia

Associations from LOINC2HPO (Human Phenotype Ontology). This is reference information, not a diagnosis: only a clinician can interpret your result in context.

details

Sample: Serum or plasma · LOINC
Part of: Bryan Johnson Blueprint · Insulin.free and Insulin.total panel
Listed under: Diabetes Type 2 · Hypoglycemia
Code: LOINC 20448-7 · uU/mL
Also known as: HUM, Humulin, IH7, Insul, Lente

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