High Pressure Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass
Spectrometry (HPLC/MS-MS)
CAH Profile 6
CAH Profile 6-Comprehensive
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Comprehensive Screen
Serum Red
Specimen Type: Serum
Container/Tube: Red
Specimen Volume: 3.5 mL
Collection Instructions: Draw blood in a plain, red-top tube(s). (Serum gel tube is not acceptable.) Spin down and separate within 45 minutes of collection and send 3.5 mL of serum frozen in plastic vial.
2 mL NOTE: Minimum volume does not allow for repeat analysis.
Gross hemolysis | Reject |
Gross lipemia | Reject |
Gross icteric | Reject |
Gel-barrier tube, non-serum sample | Reject |
Specimen Type | Temperature | Time | Special Container |
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Serum Red | Frozen | 90 days |
Androstenedione | |
Units: ng/dL | |
Age | |
Premature (26-28w) Day 4 | |
Premature (31-35w) Day 4 | |
Full Term (1-7 days) | |
Levels decrease rapidly to <52 ng/dL after one week.
1-11m | |
Androstenedione gradually decreases during the first six months to prepubertal levels.
Prepubertal Children | |
Adult Males | |
Adult Females | |
Females Postmenopausal | |
Cortisol | |
Units: ug/dL | |
Age | |
Premature (26-28w) Day 4 | 1.0-11 |
Premature (31-35w) Day 4 | 2.5-9.1 |
Full Term Day 3 | 1.7-14 |
Full Term Day 7 | 2.0-11 |
31d - 11m | |
12m - 15y (8:00 AM) | |
Adults | |
8:00 AM | 8.0-19 |
4:00 PM | 4.0-11 |
Deoxycorticosterone (DOC) | |
Units: ng/dL | |
Age | |
Premature (26-28w) Day 4 | 20-105 |
Premature (34-36w) Day 4 | 28-78 |
Newborn: Levels are markedly elevated at birth and decrease rapidly during the first week to the range of 7-49 as found in older infants.
1-11m | 7-49 |
Prepubertal Children | 2-34 |
Pubertal Children | 2-19 |
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) | |
Units: ng/dL | |
Age | |
Premature (26-31w) | 82-1484 |
Premature (32-35w) | |
Full Term (2-7d) | |
8d-5m | |
6-12m | |
1-5 y | |
6-7 y | |
8-10 y | |
11-12 y | |
13-14 y | |
15-16 y | |
17-19 y | |
20 50 y | |
>50 y | |
11-Desoxycortisol | |
Units: ng/dL | |
Age | |
Premature (26-28w) Day 4 | |
Premature (31-35w) Day 4 | |
Newborn Day 3 | 13-147 |
1-11m | |
Prepubertal 8:00 AM | 20-155 |
Pubertal Children and | |
17-OH Pregnenolone | |
Units: ng/dL | |
Age | |
Premature (26-28w) Day 4 | |
Premature (31-35w) Day 4 | |
3 Days | |
1-5m | |
6-11m | |
12-23m | |
24m-5y | |
6-9y | |
Pubertal | |
Adults | |
Progesterone | |
Units: ng/dL | |
Males | |
Age | |
1-16y | |
Adults | <10-11 |
Females | |
Age | |
1-10y | <10-26 |
11y | |
12y | <10-856 |
13y | |
14y | |
15y | |
16y | |
Adult | |
Cycle Days | Range |
1-6 | |
7-12 | |
13-15 | |
16-28 | |
Post Menopausal | |
Note: Luteal progesterone peaked from 350 to 3750 ng/dL on days ranging from 17 to 23.
17-Alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone 17-OHP | |
Units: ng/dL | |
Age | |
Premature (26-28w) Day 4 | 124-841 |
Premature (31-35w) Day 4 | 26-568 |
Full-Term Day 3 | <78 |
Males: Levels increase after the first week to peak values ranging from 40-200 between 30 and 60 days. Values then decline to a prepubertal value of <91 before one year.
| <91 |
Adult Males | 27-199 |
Females | |
1-11m | |
Prepubertal | |
Adult Females | |
Follicular | 15-70 |
Luteal | 35-290 |
Testosterone, Total | |
Units: ng/dL | |
Age | |
Males | |
Premature (26-28w) Day 4 | |
Premature (31-35w) Day 4 | |
Newborns | |
1-7m: Levels decrease rapidly the first week to 20-50, then increase to 60-400 between 20-60 days. Levels then decline to prepubertal range levels of <2.5-10 by seven months.
Females | |
Premature (26-28w) Day 4 | |
Premature (31-35w) Day 4 | |
Newborns | |
1-7m: Levels decrease during the first month to less than 10 and remain there until puberty.
Prepubertal Males and Females | <2.5-10 |
Adult Males >18 years | 264-916 |
Adult Females | |
Premenopausal | |
Postmenopausal | |
Males | ||
Tanner Stage | Age (years) | Range |
1 | | <2.5-10 |
2 | | 18-150 |
3 | | 100-320 |
4 | | 200-620 |
5 | | 350-970 |
Females | ||
Tanner Stage | Age (years) | Range |
1 | | <2.5-10 |
2 | | 7-28 |
3 | | 15-35 |
4 | | 13-32 |
5 | | 20-38 |
Monday, Wednesday
This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by LabCorp. It has not been cleared or approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
82633/DOC
82634/ 11-Desoxycortisol
82157/Androstenedione
82533/Cortisol
82626/DHEA
84143/17-OH-Pregnenolone
84144/Progesterone
83498/17-OH-Progesterone
84403/Testosterone
Test Id | Test Order Name | Order LOINC Value |
---|---|---|
FFCAH | CAH Profile 6 | Not Provided |
Result Id | Test Result Name |
Result LOINC Value
Applies only to results expressed in units of measure originally reported by the performing laboratory. These values do not apply to results that are converted to other units of measure.
|
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Z5043 | Cortisol | 2143-6 |
Z5044 | Deoxycorticosterone (DOC) | 1656-8 |
Z5045 | 11-Desoxycortisol | 1657-6 |
Z5046 | Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) | 2193-1 |
Z5047 | 17-OH Pregnenolone | 6765-2 |
Z5048 | Progesterone | 2839-9 |
Z5049 | 17-Alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone 17-OHP | 1668-3 |
Z5050 | Androstenedione | 1854-9 |
Z5051 | Testosterone, Total | 2986-8 |