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Zinc

Minerals are important for your body to stay healthy. Your body uses minerals for many different jobs, including keeping your bones, muscles, heart, and brain working properly. Minerals are also important for making enzymes and hormones.

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

Normal range

8 published ranges, each from a named source
18 y+
60–106 ug/dL
Normal
60–140 ug/dL (varies by lab)ABIM 75–140 · ARUP 60–120 ug/dL

These labs do not agree: the published adult ranges differ by up to 25%, so the same result can read as normal at one lab and be flagged at another — ABIM 75–140 · ARUP 60–120 ug/dL. Both are real published values, shown as each lab states them.

Ranges from ARUP Laboratories Test Directory, American Board of Internal Medicine (Laboratory Test Reference Ranges), Mayo Clinic Laboratories (Pediatric Test Catalog), Mayo Clinic Laboratories (Test Catalog).

All source ranges (8)
SourceSexAgeRange
American Board of Internal Medicine (Laboratory Test Reference Ranges) All all ages 75–140 ug/dL
ARUP Laboratories Test Directory All all ages 60–120 ug/dL
Mayo Clinic Laboratories (Test Catalog) All ≤ 10 y 60–120 ug/dL
Mayo Clinic Laboratories (Pediatric Test Catalog) All ≤ 10 y 60–120 ug/dL
Mayo Clinic Laboratories (Test Catalog) All 11 y – 17 y 66–110 ug/dL
Mayo Clinic Laboratories (Pediatric Test Catalog) All 11 y – 17 y 66–110 ug/dL
Mayo Clinic Laboratories (Test Catalog) All 18 y+ 60–106 ug/dL
Mayo Clinic Laboratories (Pediatric Test Catalog) All 18 y+ 60–106 ug/dL

What moves it

cited guidance. not medical advice
Zinc — address deficiency when low · National Institutes of Health - Office of Dietary Supplements
details
Sample
Serum or plasma · LOINC
Collection
0.8 mL · Mayo Clinic Laboratories (Test Catalog)
Part of
Bryan Johnson Blueprint
Code
LOINC 5763-8 · ug/dL
Also known as
Zn
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