Iron
Iron tests measure different substances in the blood to check iron levels in your body. Iron is a mineral that your body needs for growth and development. Your body uses iron to make hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells. It carries oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body, Iron is also important for healthy muscles, bone marrow, and organ function.
Source: MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Normal range
- Normal
- 50–150 ug/dL
- Female · ≤ 1 mo
- 100–250 ug/dL
- Female · 1 y – 10 mo
- 50–120 ug/dL
- Female · 11 y+
- 28–170 ug/dL
- Female · 2 mo – 11 mo
- 40–100 ug/dL
- Female
- 35–145 ug/dL
- Male · ≤ 1 mo
- 100–250 ug/dL
- Male · 1 y – 10 mo
- 50–120 ug/dL
- Male · 11 y+
- 45–182 ug/dL
- Male · 2 mo – 11 mo
- 40–100 ug/dL
- Male
- 50–150 ug/dL
Ranges from ARUP Laboratories Test Directory, American Board of Internal Medicine (Laboratory Test Reference Ranges), Mayo Clinic Laboratories (Test Catalog).
All 22 source ranges
What an abnormal result can be associated with
- A high result
- Elevated circulating iron concentration
- A low result
- Decreased circulating iron concentration
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
- Collection
- Serum gel tube · 1 mL · fasting · Mayo Clinic Laboratories (Test Catalog)
- Part of
- Bryan Johnson Blueprint · Iron and Iron binding capacity panel
- Listed under
- Anemia · Hemochromatosis · Iron
- Code
- LOINC 2498-4 · ug/dL
- Also known as
- Fe