Phosphate
A phosphate in blood test measures the amount of phosphate in a sample of your blood. Phosphate contains the mineral phosphorus. So, a phosphate test is sometimes called a phosphorus test.
Source: MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Normal range
- Normal
- 3–4.5 mg/dL
- Female · ≤ 6 mo
- 3.4–7.9 mg/dL
- Female · 1 y – 7 y
- 4.3–5.4 mg/dL
- Female · 14 y – 15 y
- 3.5–4.9 mg/dL
- Female · 16 y – 17 y
- 3.1–4.7 mg/dL
- Female · 18 y+
- 2.5–4.5 mg/dL
- Female · 19 y+
- 3–4.3 mg/dL
- Female · 2 y – 19 y
- 3.3–5.1 mg/dL
- Female · 7 mo – 1 y
- 4–6.8 mg/dL
- Female · 8 y – 13 y
- 4–5.2 mg/dL
- Male · ≤ 6 mo
- 4.2–7.8 mg/dL
- Male · 1 y – 4 y
- 4.3–5.4 mg/dL
- Male · 14 y – 15 y
- 3.5–5.3 mg/dL
- Male · 16 y – 17 y
- 3.1–4.7 mg/dL
- Male · 18 y+
- 2.5–4.5 mg/dL
- Male · 19 y+
- 2.8–4.1 mg/dL
- Male · 2 y – 19 y
- 3.4–5.5 mg/dL
- Male · 5 y – 13 y
- 3.7–5.4 mg/dL
- Male · 7 mo – 1 y
- 4–6.8 mg/dL
Ranges from American Board of Internal Medicine (Laboratory Test Reference Ranges), LabCorp Test Directory, Mayo Clinic Laboratories (Pediatric Test Catalog).
All 19 source ranges
What an abnormal result can be associated with
- A high result
- Hyperphosphatemia
- A low result
- Hypophosphatemia
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
- Renal function panel
- Listed under
- Parathyroid Disorders
- Code
- LOINC 2777-1 · mg/dL
- Also known as
- Phosphorus, Phosphorous, i Phos, PO4, Phosphate total