Posted by sregan on September 25, 2006, at 15:57:40
In reply to Re: 24 hour cortisol salivary results (need help i, posted by notfred on September 23, 2006, at 15:33:11
It was salivary so I assume it is free? I just had a visit with my MD and he is checking serum testosterone (and a PSA).
> Are these free or bound ? It is the free ones that matter, hormones can also be bound up to protein
> so they are unusable.
>
> Estradiol 11 Male (20-49) 1-3 pg/ml HIGH
> Progesterone 131 Male (adult) 5-96 pg/ml HIGH
> Testosterone 33 Male: 40-70 pg/ml LOW
>
> Levels of these hormones vary greatly over time, so you need several tests of the free hormones to really know where the levels are.
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