Reference Interval:
Effective August 15, 2011
| Test Name
| Female
| Male
| | Cortisol (µg/day)
| 3-8 years: Less than 18 µg/day
9-12 years: Less than 37 µg/day
13-17 years: Less than 56 µg/day
18 years and older: Less than 45 µg/day
| 3-8 years: Less than 18 µg/day
9-12 years: Less than 37 µg/day
13-17 years: Less than 56 µg/day
18 years and older: Less than 60 µg/day
| | Cortisol (µg/g crt)
| Prepubertal: Less than 25 µg/g crt
18 years and older: Less than 24 µg/g crt
Pregnancy: Less than 59 µg/g crt
| Prepubertal: Less than 25 µg/g crt
18 years and older: Less than 32 µg/g crt
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| Interpretive Data: |
Ratios to creatinine may be useful for evaluation when the urine collection is random, other than 24 hours, or the urine volume is less than 400 mL/24 hours.
Low urinary cortisol concentrations may be consistent with adrenal insufficiency.
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| Note: |
Reference intervals based on literature from Taylor R.L. et al., Validation of a High-Throughput Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for Urine Cortisol and Cortisone. Clinical Chemistry 2002; 48:1511-1519.
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| CPT Code(s): |
82530
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Cross References: |
Urinary Free Cortisol (Cortisol Urine Free by LC-MS/MS) |