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  TABLE A-4: Other Body Fluids. (Contd...)
Reference Value
Component Fluid Conventional SI Units

Stool examination Stool
coproporphyrin 400-1000 mg/day
faecal fat excretion <6.0 g/day
occult blood Negative (<2 ml blood /day)
urobilinogen 40-280 mg/day
D-xylose excretion Stool 5-8 g within 5 hrs after oral dose of 25 g
Schilling’s test 24-hr urinary excretion >10% of ingested dose of ‘hot’
(Intrinsic factor test) vitamin B 12 (Details on page 308)
Urine examination 24-hr volume 600-1800 ml (variable)
pH Urine 5.0-9.0
specific gravity, quantitative Urine (random) 1.002-1.028 (average 1.018)
protein excretion 24-hr urine <150 mg/day
protein, qualitative Urine (random) Negative
glucose excretion, quantitative 24-hr urine 50-300 mg/day
glucose, qualitative Urine (random) Negative
porphobilinogen Urine (random) Negative
urobilinogen 24-hr urine 1.0-3.5 mg/day
microalbuminuria (24 hour) 0-30 mg/24 hr 0-0.03 g/day
(0-30 µg/mg creatinine) (0-0.03 g/g creatinine)
Urobilinogen Urine (random) Present in 1: 20 dilution

  TABLE A-5: Normal Haematologic Values.
Reference Value
Component Fluid Conventional SI Units

Erythrocytes and Haemoglobin
Erythrocyte count Blood
males 4.5-6.5 × 10 /L (mean 5.5 × 10 /L)
12
12
females 3.8-5.8 × 10 /L (mean 4.8 × 10 /L)
12
12
Erythrocyte diameter 6.7-7.7 μm (mean 7.2 μm) APPENDIX
Erythrocyte thickness
peripheral 2.4 μm
central 1.0 μm
Erythrocyte indices (Absolute values) Blood (also see page 288)
mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH) 27-32 pg
mean corpuscular volume (MCV) 77-93 fl
mean corpuscular haemoglobin
concentration (MCHC) 30-35 g/dl Normal Values
Erythrocyte life-span Blood 120+30 days
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) Blood
Westergren 1st hr, males 0-15 mm
females 0-20 mm
Wintrobe, 1st hr, males 0-9 mm
females 0-20 mm
Ferritin Serum
males 30-250 ng/ml 30-250 μg/L
females 10-150 ng/ml 10-150 μg/L
Folate
body stores 2-3 mg
daily requirement 100-200 μg
red cell level Red cells 150-450 ng/ml 340-1020 nmol/L
serum level Serum 6-18 ng/ml 12-40 nmol/L
Free erythrocyte protoporphyrin (FEP) Red cells 20 μg/dl
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